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Ravel

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 stocking.

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Damage 76% connected

Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disentangle 76% connected

To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enlace 76% connected

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entwine 76% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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Harm 76% connected

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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Impairment 76% connected

The state of being impaired; injury.

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Interlace 76% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intertwine 76% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Lace 76% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gnarl 74% connected

To growl; to snarl.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gnarl 74% connected

To growl; to snarl.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ladder 74% connected

A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ladder 74% connected

A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Synonym 5

Knot 92% connected

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ladder 92% connected

A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Run 92% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tangle 92% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unravel 92% connected

To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unravel 94% connected

To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unravel 94% connected

To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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