English-French translations for unravel

• débrouiller
• démêler
  Notre collègue Gahrton a tenté de démêler l'écheveau quasi inextricable des conflits caucasiens. Mr Gahrton has attempted to unravel the Caucasian knot of conflict, which is a nigh impossible task.
• dénouer
  Il règne, de l'une à l'autre, une certaine lassitude, mais peut-être pourra-t-on tout de même dénouer quelques n?uds. There is a certain conference-weariness, but some knots can perhaps be unravelled.
• détoronner
• résoudre
  Il faut le résoudre, faute de quoi l'Union européenne évoluera en se diluant vers une association de pays dans laquelle seul le pilier intergouvernemental peut encore agir.If not the European Union will inevitably unravel and be diluted into an association of countries in which there remains scarcely any intergovernmental role at all.

Definition of unravel

• To separate the threads ; disentangle
• To become separated; to come apart
• To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve
• To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse
• To become undone; to collapse

Examples

• Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! Youll unravel it.
• Mother couldnt unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.
• to unravel a plot
• to unravel a mystery
• to unravel the confusion
• to unravel the global compromise achieved in the Constitutional Treaty
• to unravel the broad consensus which was created

Related words

• unravelling
• unraveling
• resolution unravelling