unravel

unravel
Synonyms and related words:
account for, allegorize, answer, avulse, bottom, break, break loose, break out, carry away, clarify, clear, clear up, come apart, come off, come undone, come unstuck, crack, crack up, cut loose, cut out, debug, decipher, decode, demonstrate, demythologize, deracinate, dig out, dig up, disembarrass, disembroil, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, disintricate, disinvolve, dislodge, dissolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, elucidate, enlighten, eradicate, euhemerize, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, exsect, extract, extricate, fall off, fall to pieces, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, fly apart, free, get, get loose, get out, get right, give reason for, give the meaning, give way, go to pieces, gouge out, grub up, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make out, make plain, mine, open the lock, peel off, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, plumb, popularize, psych, psych out, pull, pull out, pull up, puzzle out, quarry, rake out, rationalize, ravel, ravel out, release, remove, resolve, riddle, rip out, root out, root up, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, sort out, spell out, spring apart, start, take out, tear loose, tear out, throw light upon, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unearth, unfold, unknot, unlock, unmix, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, uproot, weed out, withdraw, work, work out, wrest out

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Unravel — Un*rav el, v. t. [1st pref. un (intensive) + ravel.] [1913 Webster] 1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Unravel — Un*rav el, v. i. To become unraveled, in any sense. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unravel — index ascertain, clarify, construe (translate), detect, discover, disengage, disentangle, elucidate …   Law dictionary

  • unravel — (v.) c.1600, from UN (Cf. un ) (2) + RAVEL (Cf. ravel) …   Etymology dictionary

  • unravel — *solve, resolve, unfold, decipher Analogous words: disentangle, untangle, *extricate: elucidate, explicate, interpret, *explain, expound …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • unravel — has inflected forms unravelled, unravelling in BrE and usually unraveled, unraveling in AmE. In current English it is likely to have a figurative meaning, either (1) ‘to solve (a mystery or puzzle)’ or (2) in intransitive use, ‘to fail or… …   Modern English usage

  • unravel — ► VERB (unravelled, unravelling; US unraveled, unraveling) 1) undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads); unwind. 2) become undone. 3) investigate and solve (a mystery or puzzle). 4) begin to fail or collapse …   English terms dictionary

  • unravel — [un rav′əl] vt. unraveled or unravelled, unraveling or unravelling 1. to undo (something woven or tangled); untangle or separate the threads of 2. to make clear of confusion or involvement; solve vi. to become unraveled unravelment n …   English World dictionary

  • Unravel — Infobox Song Name = Unravel Type = Song Artist = Björk alt Artist = Album = Homogenic Published = Released = track no = 3 Recorded = Genre = Ambient, Electronic, Alternative Length = 3:21 Writer = Björk Composer = Björk Label = Producer = Tracks …   Wikipedia

  • unravel — [[t]ʌnræ̱v(ə)l[/t]] unravels, unravelling, unravelled (in AM, use unraveling, unraveled) 1) VERB If something such as a plan or system unravels, it breaks up or begins to fail. His government began to unravel because of a banking scandal... When… …   English dictionary

  • unravel — UK [ʌnˈræv(ə)l] / US verb Word forms unravel : present tense I/you/we/they unravel he/she/it unravels present participle unravelling past tense unravelled past participle unravelled 1) [transitive] to understand something complicated by thinking… …   English dictionary

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