| Front | unravel |
|---|---|
| Back | un‧rav‧el /ʌnˈrævəl/ verb (past tense and past participle unravelled, present participle unravelling British English, unraveled, unraveling American English) 1[transitive] to understand or explain something that is mysterious or complicated: Detectives are still trying to unravel the mystery surrounding his death. 2[intransitive and transitive] if you unravel threads, string etc, or if they unravel, they stop being twisted together 3[intransitive] if a system, plan, organization etc unravels, it starts to fail SYN fall apart: The company started to unravel when two of the directors were arrested. |
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