unravel
(verb)
verb
1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
- unravel the thread
Similar word(s): unknot, unpick, unscramble, untangle
Definition categories: contact, undo
2. disentangle
- can you unravel the mystery?
Similar word(s): ravel
Definition categories: contact, disentangle, unsnarl
3. become undone
- the sweater unraveled
Similar word(s): run
Definition categories: change, disintegrate
Sentences with unravel as a verb:
- Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You will unravel it.
- Mother couldn't unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.
- New Ponzi Scheme Unravels!
- to unravel a plot
- to unravel a mystery
- to unravel the confusion
- to unravel the global compromise achieved in the Constitutional Treaty
- to unravel the broad consensus which was created