Category:Unravel

Un*rav"el, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]

1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to Unravel a stocking.

2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to Solve; as, to unravel a plot.

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.

Unravel Un*rav"el, v. i.

Defn: to become unraveled, in any sense.