unravel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: unravel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for unravel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unravel v become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread" Synonym(s): unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick Antonym(s): knot, ravel, tangle disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" Synonym(s): ravel, unravel, ravel out Antonym(s): knot, ravel, tangle become undone; "the sweater unraveled" Synonym(s): run, unravel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unravel \Unrav"el\, v. t. [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. [bd]Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. i. To become unraveled, in any sense.