UNRAVEL

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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.

4.
v.

To become unraveled, in any sense.