Dictionary Entry
unravel
unravel is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
- 2transitive verb
Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
- 3transitive verb
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
- 4intransitive verb
To become unraveled, in any sense.
- 5verb
become undone
"the sweater unraveled"
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- 6verb
become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
"unravel the thread"
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- 7verb
disentangle
"can you unravel the mystery?"
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