What does "unravel" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.To become unraveled, in any sense.

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