unravel
verb (used with object)
to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
unraveler
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a word derived from
unravel.
Example Sentences
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The final unraveler, Melissa Kwan, 30, of Irvine, Calif., says the mess “kind of just lived on the floor of our apartment” for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2015
Sir Richard Hannay, unraveler of mysteries, is called from his Cotswold cottage to find them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actually, the diffident, gentlemanly unraveler of Miss Allingham's mysteries survived his creator briefly.
From Time Magazine Archive
