Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Unravel

Unravel , transitive verb

[1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]

1.
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
2.
Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
3.
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled. — Dryden

Unravel , intransitive verb

To become unraveled, in any sense.