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Pronunciation : Un*rav"el
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
Definition : 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Un*rav"el
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To become unraveled, in any sense.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913