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unravel

verb (unravels, unravelled, unravelling)

«unravel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To undo knitting or cloth by pulling the threads apart. tree →
To work out the answer to something tangled or hard to understand. tree →

In the lessons

In stories, a spinner or weaver undoes thread or cloth; in lessons, to unravel a problem is to find out how its parts fit together.

Examples

She unravelled the old scarf to make a new one. tree →
The spider's web unravelled in the wind. tree →
Can you unravel this puzzle? tree →

Note

Nothing for maths; unravelling a problem means working out the parts, and it does not change any count.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «unravel» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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