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Meanings of unravel in English

Portuguese
desemaranhar

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

desemaranhar
Spanish
desenredar

Disentangle.

desenredar
Catalan
escórrer-se

Become undone.

escórrer-se

To separate or (cause to) be disentangled.

Usage of unravel in English
1
A tough, tough day for the South African economy continues to unravel.
The South African
2
The countries' positions are increasingly entwined and hard to unravel, Li said.
Wired
3
They left without a single word to help us unravel the mystery.
Once on a moonless night
4
In the TED radio hour this week, five TED speakers unravel ideas…
Radio NZ
5
We try to unravel the difficulties at the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Radio NZ
6
Then again you could turn state's evidence; there's so much to unravel.
The bourne ultimatum
7
But their relationship starts to unravel over the course of the season.
The South African
8
This error alone gave him now an opportunity to unravel the riddle.
The Case and the Girl
9
She searches for the words that unravel the core of her discontent.
Feminist dot com
10
Things started to unravel for McAfee with the Great Michelangelo Virus Scare.
News.com.au
11
But another Irish hope in Saddler's Rock could unravel the snappy storyline.
The Irish Times
12
Once Queen Herin learned of Anders's plot, she could help unravel it.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
13
Maybe I had to unravel the house's mysteries in this order too.
Cruel Beauty
14
Further pan-ethnic meta-analysis with European GWAS cohorts may unravel new PD loci.
Pubmed
15
The rest of the mystery it is for you, gentlemen, to unravel.
The Hand of Fu-Manchu / Being a New Phase in the Activities of F...
16
She began again to try and unravel the meaning of his letter.
Eleanor
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Translations for unravel
Portuguese
desemaranhar
Unravel through the time
Unravel across language varieties
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