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Disentangle
Answer for the clue "Disentangle ", 9 letters:
ravelling
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"; "unravel the ball or yarn" [syn: unravel , ravel out ] tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: tangle , knot ] [ant: unravel , unravel ] [also: ravelling , ravelled ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A tangled mess, a decomposition. vb. (present participle of ravel English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ravel \Rav"el\ (r[a^]v"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld) or Ravelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling .] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart; ...
Usage examples of ravelling.
Bringing forth her packet of needles, she chose the smallest, and, using ravellings of the material itself, she set to work.
The body of a so-called bayeta blanket was woven of close-spun native wool, dyed dark blue, while the red pattern was from the ravellings of Spanish bayeta.