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unravelunravel /ʌnˈrævəl/ verb VERB TABLEunravel |
Present | I, you, we, they | unravel | | he, she, it | unravels | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | unraveled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have unraveled | | he, she, it | has unraveled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had unraveled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will unravel | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have unraveled |
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Present | I | am unraveling | | he, she, it | is unraveling | | you, we, they | are unraveling | Past | I, he, she, it | was unraveling | | you, we, they | were unraveling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been unraveling | | he, she, it | has been unraveling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been unraveling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be unraveling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been unraveling |
1[transitive] to understand or explain something that is very complicated: Scientists have not yet unraveled every detail of how genes work.2[intransitive] if a plan, agreement, relationship, etc. unravels, it fails or stops working well: After three years, their partnership began to unravel.3[intransitive, transitive] if something that is twisted or wound around something else unravels or you unravel it, it begins to unwind: The rope had been cut and was starting to unravel. |