Meaning of "unravel" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF UNRAVEL

unravel  [ʌnˈrævəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNRAVEL

Unravel is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb unravel in English.

WHAT DOES UNRAVEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Unravel

"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.

Definition of unravel in the English dictionary

The first definition of unravel in the dictionary is to reduce to separate strands. Other definition of unravel is to undo or untangle. Unravel is also to explain or solve.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNRAVEL

PRESENT

Present

I unravel

you unravel

he/she/it unravels

we unravel

you unravel

they unravel

Present continuous

I am unravelling

you are unravelling

he/she/it is unravelling

we are unravelling

you are unravelling

they are unravelling

Present perfect

I have unravelled

you have unravelled

he/she/it has unravelled

we have unravelled

you have unravelled

they have unravelled

Present perfect continuous

I have been unravelling

you have been unravelling

he/she/it has been unravelling

we have been unravelling

you have been unravelling

they have been unravelling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I unravelled

you unravelled

he/she/it unravelled

we unravelled

you unravelled

they unravelled

Past continuous

I was unravelling

you were unravelling

he/she/it was unravelling

we were unravelling

you were unravelling

they were unravelling

Past perfect

I had unravelled

you had unravelled

he/she/it had unravelled

we had unravelled

you had unravelled

they had unravelled

Past perfect continuous

I had been unravelling

you had been unravelling

he/she/it had been unravelling

we had been unravelling

you had been unravelling

they had been unravelling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will unravel

you will unravel

he/she/it will unravel

we will unravel

you will unravel

they will unravel

Future continuous

I will be unravelling

you will be unravelling

he/she/it will be unravelling

we will be unravelling

you will be unravelling

they will be unravelling

Future perfect

I will have unravelled

you will have unravelled

he/she/it will have unravelled

we will have unravelled

you will have unravelled

they will have unravelled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been unravelling

you will have been unravelling

he/she/it will have been unravelling

we will have been unravelling

you will have been unravelling

they will have been unravelling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would unravel

you would unravel

he/she/it would unravel

we would unravel

you would unravel

they would unravel

Conditional continuous

I would be unravelling

you would be unravelling

he/she/it would be unravelling

we would be unravelling

you would be unravelling

they would be unravelling

Conditional perfect

I would have unravel

you would have unravel

he/she/it would have unravel

we would have unravel

you would have unravel

they would have unravel

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been unravelling

you would have been unravelling

he/she/it would have been unravelling

we would have been unravelling

you would have been unravelling

they would have been unravelling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you unravel
we let´s unravel
you unravel

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to unravel

Past participle

unravelled

Present Participle

unravelling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «UNRAVEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unravel» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of unravel

break up · clear up · collapse · disentangle · explain · extricate · fail · fall apart · figure out · free · get to the bottom of · go wrong · interpret · make out · resolve · separate · solve · straighten out · undo · unknot · untangle · unwind · work out

TRANSLATION OF UNRAVEL

Find out the translation of unravel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of unravel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unravel» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 解开
• Translator English - Spanish: desentrañar
• English: unravel
• Translator English - Hindi: सुलझाना
• Translator English - Arabic: كشف
• Translator English - Russian: разгадать
• Translator English - Portuguese: desvendar
• Translator English - Bengali: পাক খুলা
• Translator English - French: démêler
• Translator English - Malay: membongkar
• Translator English - German: entwirren
• Translator English - Japanese: 解明する
• Translator English - Korean: 해명
• Translator English - Javanese: Unravel
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tháo sợi vải
• Translator English - Tamil: கட்டவிழும்
• Translator English - Marathi: उकलणे
• Translator English - Turkish: çözmek
• Translator English - Italian: sbrogliare
• Translator English - Polish: rozwikłać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розгадати
• Translator English - Romanian: se descurca
• Translator English - Greek: ξετυλίξουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ontrafel
• Translator English - Swedish: nysta
• Translator English - Norwegian: rakne

10 QUOTES WITH «UNRAVEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unravel.

1

Jon Anderson

We're still growing into that place of higher consciousness; we are becoming a global conscience. The idea is to unravel the onion and let go of the ego and evolve to that place where you perceive everything to be a beautiful experience rather than a daunting experience.

2

Robert Caro

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

3

Don DeLillo

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery.

4

Evan Goldberg

I don't fully understand my wife's emotions - and I'm supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women?

5

Jason Isaacs

Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.

6

Aaron Klug

Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.

7

Jacqueline McKenzie

Everybody is just at the start of this huge process of trying to unravel what's going on with the 4,400, where they've been and why they're back and what they're trying to do with us in the present. And we're trying to work out what messages they're sending us.

8

Christopher Poole

For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the culture shift with time zone. Seeing how threads unwind and unravel is just a thrill, and you can't really share that magic.

9

Matthieu Ricard

That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.

10

Howard Schultz

Starbucks is in my blood. It is such a part of me that letting it unravel simply was not an option.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNRAVEL»

Discover the use of unravel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unravel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Anxiety Free: Unravel Your Fears Before They Unravel You

In his new book, Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D., author of the best-selling book The Worry Cure, turns his attention to anxiety. Leahy looks at the origin of anxiety and teaches you how to outsmart your fears for a less stressful life.

Robert L. Leahy, 2010

Unravel Me

The New York Times bestselling sequel to the groundbreaking dystopian novel Shatter Me! Kami Garcia, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series, says Unravel Me is "dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense.

Tahereh Mafi, 2013

Unravel Me

The follow-up to How to Knit a Wild Bikini.

Christie Ridgway, 2008

Shatter Me

"You can't touch me," I whisper.

Tahereh Mafi, 2011

Unravel

Untold dangers await telepathic twins in this sequel to the futuristic, romantic thriller BCCB called “classic sci-fi, space-travel adventure at its best.” After Elissa and Lin exposed the government's secret experiments in Linked, ...

Imogen Howson, 2014

Verbiage for the Verbose: Unravel Over 250 Fun Word Challenges

DIVWordsmiths unite! This new book is tailor-made for everyone who enjoys the English language.

Peter Gordon, 2012

How to unravel science mysteries for young minds without ...

Explores lessons learned from dozens of Kellogg Foundation elementary science education initiatives.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1993

A Change Of Heart: How The Framingham Heart Study Helped ...

Takes a close-up look at the Framingham Heart Study, which began in 1948, and the revolutionary information it has provided about cardiovascular disease and its lifestyle component, and explains how by limiting risk factors--fat and alcohol ...

Daniel Levy (M.D.), Susan Brink, 2005

Unravel: A Novel

Calia Read breaks the mold in this explosive novel that grabs hold and doesn’t let go until the shocking truth is revealed.

Calia Read, 2014

Unravel Me

Psychology student Ashlyn Drake's neat, orderly life takes a turn for the crazy when she finds the perfect subject for her amnesia thesis – a young man without any memory of his previous life, including the murder he's accused of ...

Kendall Ryan, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNRAVEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unravel is used in the context of the following news items.

EA Clarifies Release Window for Platformer Unravel

It was during EA's Q1 2016 financial report call that the company announced Unravel was targeting a release window of Q4 in fiscal year 2016, which lines up ... «IGN, Jul 15»

Unravel Preview: Yarny is adorable, but Unravel is far from it

Unravel Yarny, the protagonist of Coldwood Interactive's upcoming platformer Unravel, is an endearing little fellow made entirely of yarn. He lives in a world of ... «TechnologyTell, Jun 15»

Unravel release date, price, platforms and official trailer: The cutest …

Announced during EA's press conference, Unravel is the most charming game to launch at E3 2015. Here are all the details including release date, price, ... «PC Advisor, Jun 15»

E3 2015 Preview: Unravel

Unravel is an incredibly strong contender for the title of my favourite game at E3 2015. To think that it's coming from EA is almost unbelievable, but the ... «Stevivor, Jun 15»

Unravel Game Confirmed at E3 2015: Release Date, Updates, and …

The gameplay of Unravel looks incredible, and the setting is "inspired from the lush environments of Northern Scandinavia" that look photo-realistic. «Gospel Herald, Jun 15»

E3 2015 in a nutshell: Hurry up Hoth, and plenty to Unravel

Game Theory The E3 2015 press conferences have been and gone, leaving us to consider what to make of the gameplay and teaser footage shown-off by ... «The Register, Jun 15»

Unravel's gameplay looks just as incredible as its reveal trailer

Unravel, the small indie game that EA debuted at its E3 briefing wowed everyone watching. But we didn't see any gameplay that night. Thankfully, we have ... «VG247, Jun 15»

EA's Future Includes More Smaller Games Like Unravel

Unravel is the type of title we'd expect to see from Ubisoft or at an indie showcase. It has more of a Child of Light vibe than something from the publisher that ... «Game Informer, Jun 15»

'Unravel' is the adorable new game from a small Swedish studio

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle game starring Yarny, a creature made of yarn who can use his own body to explore the world around him and overcome ... «Engadget, Jun 15»

An implant that can unravel mysteries of the mammalian brain

A simple injection is now all it takes to wire up a brain. A diverse team of physicists, neuroscientists and chemists has implanted mouse brains with a rolled-up, ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»