ravelverb
uk/ˈræv.əl/us/ˈræv.əl/-ll- or US usually -l- formalravel verb (SEPARATE)
[ T ] also ravel sth out to separate a knot, mass of threads, etc. into a single thread or threads:
It took Daisy a long time to ravel out all the wool.
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Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- branch
- disestablish
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- drift
- pull sth/sb apart
- quarter
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- riven
- tear 1
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ravel verb (CONFUSE)
[ I or T ] also ravel sth up to become or to make someone or something become more confused:
Mark's interference merely ravelled things further.
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Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- blind sb with science idiom
- blur
- cloud
- do sb's head in idiom
- flummox
- fox
- fuddle
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- mix
- mix sb up
- muddy
- puzzle
- throw sb off balance idiom
- tie
- tie sb (up) in knots idiom
- unbalance
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