Crossword clues for unravel
unravel
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. ``Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled.''
--Dryden.
Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. i. To become unraveled, in any sense.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 to separate the threads (of); disentangle 2 (context intransitive English) to become undone; to collapse 3 (context figurative English) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve. 4 (context figurative English) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
WordNet
v. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "the sweater unravelled" [syn: unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: ravel, ravel]
disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"; "unravel the ball or yarn" [syn: ravel, ravel out]
become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: run]
[also: unravelling, unravelled]
Wikipedia
"Unravel" is the third song on the album Homogenic by Björk, which was released in 1997. The song features a prominent example of Björk's use of a half-singing, half-speaking technique which, according to folklore specialist Njall Sigurason, is comparable to that of Old Icelandic choirmen. Structurally, the song is made up of a slowly sweeping melody, saxophones, a church organ, and distant-sounding electronic beats.
"Unravel" is the first solo single of Tōru "TK" Kitajima, of the band Ling Tosite Sigure. "Unravel" was released on July 23, 2014 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
Unravel is a puzzle platform video game developed by the Swedish company, Coldwood Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. It was announced on 15 June 2015 and released in February 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. The game centres on Yarny, a small anthropomorphic creature made of yarn whom the player navigates through the environment, utilizing the unraveling yarn which makes up Yarny to solve puzzles, avoid dangerous creatures, and traverse obstacles.
Unravel received a favourable reception upon release, with many critics in agreement that the game's visuals, protagonist, soundtrack, and overall tone were among its strong suits. But some others raised criticisms concerning the controls, variety of puzzles, and platforming.
Usage examples of "unravel".
Underneath the radio ops were the aerologists and the slowly unraveling mystery of weather, seen now from above and outside.
Friedman chose to do so in anagram cipher, the solution to which he sealed in a time-stamped envelope, inviting readers to try and unravel it.
On each cane shaft, tied behind the iron arrowhead, was a tuft of unravelled hemp rope that had been soaked in pitch, which spluttered and then burned fiercely when touched with the slow-match, The archers loosed their arrows, which sailed up in a high, flaming parabola and dropped down to peg into the timbers of an anchored vessel.
By investigating what happens when sync unravels, mathematicians are helping cardiologists track down the cause of fibrillation, a deadly arrhythmia that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, suddenly and without warning, even those with no history of heart disease.
Perhaps Baldric had taken to unraveling himself instead of the tapestries.
He watched as Baldric bent down, picked up the end of a thread and very calmly and deliberately began to unravel the tapestry.
Heaven help the rest of England if Baldric ever decided to become a traveling unraveling minstrel.
The bikini bottom was tied on each hip, the strings dangling and begging to be unraveled.
In most humans the input and reactions were woven into a snarl that even biofeedback training could barely begin to unravel.
As he handed his briefcase the phone, the bureaucrat could hear the last of his agent unraveling itself back into oblivion.
Colangelo let out an enervated sigh, perhaps signaling an unraveling of restraint, and rushed at me, slashing with the chisel.
Net result was the discovery of a whole grunch of undeclared income, and then the whole thing unraveled.
To unravel these difficulties and to set the estate clear was a task worthy of the orderly and persevering diplomatist of Pumpernickel, and he set himself to work with prodigious assiduity.
Waves unraveled their white-lace petticoats against ribboned sand, glistening like old, tarnished silver.
The illicit magics Dakar had engaged to unravel the Koriani defenses in Jaelot had assuredly added more stress to the roiled currents of lane flux.