variants
or ravelled (out)
as in frayed
to separate the various strands of
since the sweater is too small, you could ravel the yarn out and make something else with it
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Verb
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The roots frayed with nowhere to go.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025 -
His trousers were too long, and the hems were frayed.—
Lisa K. Friedman,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the inning unraveled just long enough for the Red Sox to create a brand-new ballgame.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Theories ranged from camera bugs to online glitches, but one suggestion quickly unraveled the mystery.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Crow’s feet are smoothed with the winch of a hair elastic.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
23 Sep. 2025
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The appearance at the memorial appeared to show that the rift between the two had, at least temporarily, smoothed.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Raveled (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveled%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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