raveler


rav·el

R0058400 (răv′əl)v. rav·eled, rav·el·ing, rav·els also rav·elled or rav·el·ling v.tr.1. To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); unravel.2. To clarify by separating the aspects of.3. To tangle or complicate.v.intr.1. To become separated into its component threads; unravel or fray.2. To become tangled or confused.n.1. A raveling.2. A broken or discarded thread.3. A tangle.
[Obsolete Dutch ravelen, from ravel, loose thread.]
rav′el·er, rav′el·ler n.