intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To undo or ravel the entangled, knitted, or woven threads of.

intransitive verb. To undo or separate (entangled, knitted, or woven threads).

intransitive verb. To clarify the elements of (something mysterious or baffling); solve.

intransitive verb. To cause to fail or become ruined or unfulfilled.

intransitive verb. To become unraveled.

intransitive verb. To fail or become ruined or unfulfilled.

To disentangle or separate, as threads; especially, to take out the threads of (textile material). See ravel.

To clear from complication or difficulty; unriddle; unfold.

To separate the connected or united parts of; throw into disorder.

To unfold or bring to a denouement, as the plot or intrigue of a play.

To be unfolded; be disentangled.

intransitive verb. To become unraveled, in any sense.

transitive verb. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of.

transitive verb. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.

transitive verb. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.

verb. to separate the threads (of)

verb. to become undone

verb. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

verb. become undone

verb. disentangle

"Quite why she told a lie which was always going to unravel is a bit of a puzzle."

develop  explain  

disentangle  disintegrate  straighten out  undo  unsnarl  

Havel  Pavel  Ravel  gavel  gravel  

account for  allegorize  answer  avulse  bottom  

unravelled  unravelling  

unraveled  unraveling  unravelled  unravelling  unravels