'Unravel' definitions:
Definition of 'unravel'
(from WordNet)
verb
Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle]
verb
Disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" [syn: ravel, unravel, ravel out] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle]
verb
Become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: run, unravel]
Definition of 'Unravel'
From: GCIDE
- Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Unravel'
From: GCIDE
- Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. i. To become unraveled, in any sense. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unravel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- allegorize,
- answer,
- avulse,
- bottom,
- break,
- break loose,
- break out,
- carry away,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- come apart,
- come off,
- come undone,
- come unstuck,
- crack,
- crack up,
- cut loose,
- cut out,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- deracinate,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disintegrate,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- dissolve,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- eradicate,
- euhemerize,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- excise,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- exsect,
- extract,
- extricate,
- fall off,
- fall to pieces,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- fly apart,
- free,
- get,
- get loose,
- get out,
- get right,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- give way,
- go to pieces,
- gouge out,
- grub up,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- interpret,
- make clear,
- make out,
- make plain,
- mine,
- open the lock,
- peel off,
- pick out,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- plumb,
- popularize,
- psych,
- psych out,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- puzzle out,
- quarry,
- rake out,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- release,
- remove,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- rip out,
- root out,
- root up,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- spring apart,
- start,
- take out,
- tear loose,
- tear out,
- throw light upon,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- undo,
- unearth,
- unfold,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- uproot,
- weed out,
- withdraw,
- work,
- work out,
- wrest out