Word Meanings - UNWEAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.

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• RAVELIN
  A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• RAVEL
  1. To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking. Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. Shak. 2. To undo the intricacies of;
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• RAVELER
  One who ravels.
• UNFOLD
  1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert. 2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or
• WOVEN
  p. p. of Weave. Woven paper, or Wove paper, writing paper having an even, uniform surface, without watermarks.
• RAVELING
  1. The act of untwisting, or of disentangling. 2. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
• TRAVEL
  1. To labor; to travail. Hooker. 2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets. 3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health;
• GRAVEL
  A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. (more info) strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.
• TRAVELER
  A traveling crane. See under Crane. (more info) 1. One who travels; one who has traveled much. 2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
• OUTTRAVEL
  To exceed in speed o Mad. D' Arblay.
• UNRAVELMENT
  The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.
• GRAVELING; GRAVELLING
  1. The act of covering with gravel. 2. A layer or coating of gravel .
• GRAVELESS
  Without a grave; unburied.
• UNTRAVELED
  1. Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest. 2. Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman. Addison.
• UNRAVEL
  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
• GRAVELLINESS
  State of being gravelly.
• CARAVEL
  A name given to several kinds of vessels. The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage. A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150
• GRAVELLY
  Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.
• TRAVEL-TAINTED
  Harassed; fatigued with travel. Shak.