Definitions
To come apart, solve, or explain something complex.
Word origin
From un- (suffix denoting the inverse of the specified action) + ravel.
Used in a sentence
“Mother couldn’t unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.”
“[S]he taking as the watchword of his true patience, vnraueld the bottome [i.e., ball of thread] of her frailtie at length, […]”
“So by thine offspring may repose be found, / As thou unravelest (thus to him I pray) / The knot in which my intellect is bound.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Come undone”7 letters
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