unravel
unravel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
- 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.
- 3.To become unraveled, in any sense.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- analysis
- analytical
- analyze
- break
- catalysis
- catalytic
- corruption
- crumble
- decentralize
- decompose
- decomposed
- decomposition
- decompound
- disembody
- disintegration
- disjunction
- disperse
- dispersion
- dissect
- dissection
- dissolution
- dissolve
- dust
- electrolyze
- into
- its
- resolution
- resolve
- resolvent
- separate
- separative
- solvent
- unroll
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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