Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of:
— Unravel the thread.

synoniemen: unknot, unpick, unscramble, untangle.

Roget 480a: discover, find, determine, evolve, learn etc. 539; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter.    solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle; interpret etc. 522; disclose etc. 529.    trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth etc. 494; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head.    be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat.    open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping.    pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across, come onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with.    recognize, realize; verify, make certain of, identify.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 705: be easy etc. adj.; go on smoothly, run smoothly; have full play etc. n.; go on all fours, run on all fours; obey the helm, work well.    flow with the stream, swim with the stream, drift with the stream, go with the stream, flow with the tide, drift with the tide; see one's way; have all one's own way, have the game in one's own hands; walk over the course, win at a canter; make light of, make nothing of, make no bones of.    be at home in, make it look easy, do it with one's eyes closed, do it in one's sleep etc. (skillful) 698.    render easy etc. adj.; facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct^†, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate^†; humor etc. (aid) 707; lubricate etc. 332; relieve etc. 834.    leave a hole to creep out of, leave a loophole, leave the matter open; give the reins to, give full play, give full swing; make way for; open the door to, open the way, prepare the ground, smooth the ground, clear the ground, open the way, open the path, open the road; pave the way, bridge over; permit etc. 760.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 313: counter-rotate, evolve; unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel; untangle, disentangle; develop.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 246: be straight etc. adj.; have no turning; not incline to either side, not bend to either side, not turn to either side, not deviate to either side; go straight; steer for etc. (directions) 278.    render straight, straighten, rectify; set straight, put straight; unbend, unfold, uncurl etc. 248, unravel etc. 219, unwrap.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 49: decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze [Chem]; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse etc. 73; unravel etc. (unroll) 313; crumble into dust.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 44: be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.    disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair^†; divorce, part, dispart^†, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock etc. (fix) 43, unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free etc. (liberate) 750.    sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind^†; circumcise; cut; incide^†, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend &c., rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch^†, crunch, craunch^†, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind^†, lacerate, scamble^†, mangle, gash, hash, slice.    cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize; dislimb^†; take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces; tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb; divellicate^†; skin etc. 226; disintegrate, dismember, disbranch^†, disband; disperse etc. 73; dislocate, disjoint; break up; mince; comminute etc. (pulverize) 330; apportion etc. 786.    part, part company; separate, leave.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 522: interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render; do into, turn into; transfuse the sense of.    find out etc. 480.1 the meaning of, etc. 516 read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines.    account for; find the cause, tell the cause of etc. 153; throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon; clear up, clarify, elucidate.    illustrate, exemplify; unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate; popularize etc. (render intelligible) 518.    take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense; understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: ontwarren, ontrafelen, pluizen, rafelen, uitrafelen

Disentangle:
— Can you unravel the mystery?.

synoniemen: ravel, ravel out.

Roget 60: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally.    arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion.    class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register etc. (record) 551; catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade.    methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix.    unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil^†; feaze^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: ontknopen, ontraadselen, ontwarren, uiteenrafelen

Become undone:
— The sweater unraveled.

synoniem: run.

Nederlands: rafelen, uitrafelen