intransitive. Of a rope or thread: To unravel at the end. Also of a stick: To wear rough at the end.

= untwine, v.

intransitive. To become untwisted or undone.

intr. to weave out: to become unwoven. nonce-use (suggested by the context). Obsolete.

intransitive. Originally: †to fray (obsolete). Later: (of fabric, a stitch, etc.) to unravel, come undone; (of a stocking, tights, etc.) to ladder.

intransitive. To become undone, disentangled, or unravelled. Frequently figurative or in extended use.

intransitive (for reflexive). To become disentwined.