unravel

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verb

1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of (Freq. 1)
- unravel the thread
• Syn:
unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick
• Ant:
knot (for: unknot), ravel
• Derivationally related forms:
unraveler
• Hypernyms:
undo
• Entailment:
separate, disunite, divide, part
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. become undone
- the sweater unraveled
• Syn:
run
• Derivationally related forms:
unraveller, run (for: run)
• Hypernyms:
disintegrate
• Verb Group:
ladder, run
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. disentangle
- can you unravel the mystery?
• Syn:
ravel, ravel out
• Ant:
ravel
• Derivationally related forms:
unraveller, unraveler, ravel (for: ravel), ravelling (for: ravel), raveling (for: ravel)
• Hypernyms:
disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  run, ravel, ravel out, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  ravel, tangle, knot