unravelling in English

verb

1

undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads).

There are some threads that once pulled unraveled the whole sweater.

synonyms: untangle, disentangle, separate out, unwind, untwist, unsnarl, unthread

2

investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling).

they were attempting to unravel the cause of death

synonyms: solve, resolve, clear up, puzzle out, unscramble, get to the bottom of, explain, clarify, make head(s) or tail(s) of, figure out, dope out

verb

untangle, disentangle, separate out, unwind, untwist, unsnarl, unthread
solve, resolve, clear up, puzzle out, unscramble, get to the bottom of, explain, clarify, make head(s) or tail(s) of, figure out, dope out
fall apart, fail, collapse, go wrong, deteriorate, go downhill, fray
run
unknot, untangle, unscramble, unpick
ravel, ravel out

Use "unravelling" in a sentence

1. Balkanised banking The great unravelling

2. The case began unravelling when the intelligence ministry said renegade agents were responsible.

3. Yet that business now looks in danger of unravelling in an atmosphere of rancour.

4. Corbett tried to think back, unravelling the skein of information he had gathered. Sentencedict.com

5. The cover-up lasts to this day, but its genesis is now unravelling.

6. Its unravelling was swift disheartening, and brings Thailand back to the brink of further unrest.

7. It is a complicated saga which is still unravelling, with the former parent company, Alan Paul, now in liquidation.

8. Baptiste’s languor contrasted with his frazzled client Edward Stratton, played by Tom Hollander as an unravelling ratbag in a permanent state of …

9. Alginates are also is produced by two bacterial genera Pseudomonas and Azotobacter, which played a major role in the unravelling of its biosynthesis pathway

10. You begin a slow, painful unravelling, as all the good things that came before begin to be crushed by the trash compactor of sadness.

11. They considered it absurd to wait for the unravelling of these mechanisms and give up attempts to alter heredity of plants and animals by more empirical down - to - earch approaches to its control by environmental factors .

12. With a calendar filled with student-Babysitters and more married fathers than she and her friends can manage Shirley's life begins unravelling into a world of sex, money and greed

13. On the global and regional programme, delegations expressed appreciation for the hard work of UNFPA in unravelling the issues at stake, aligning the programme with the results and resources framework, and developing plans to strengthen the oversight function.

14. Aglet Information What is an “Aglet”? An “Aglet” (sometimes spelt “aiglet”) is the name given to the plastic or metal tip on the end of a shoelace.Despite their simplicity, Aglets perform several functions: They stop the ends of the shoelaces from unravelling;