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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rav•el•ing (rav′ə ling),USA pronunciation n. - something raveled out, as a thread drawn or separated from a knitted or woven fabric.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] rav′el•ling. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rav•el /ˈrævəl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. - to disentangle the threads or fibers of;
unravel. - to make clear;
unravel. - to entangle;
enmesh;
confuse.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rav•el (rav′əl),USA pronunciation v., -eled, -el•ing or ( [esp. Brit.]) -elled, -el•ling, n. v.t. - to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- to tangle or entangle.
- to involve;
confuse;
perplex. - to make clear;
unravel (often fol. by out).
v.i. - to become disjoined thread by thread or fiber by fiber;
fray. - to become tangled.
- to become confused or perplexed.
- Civil Engineering(of a road surface) to lose aggregate.
n. - a tangle or complication.
rav′el•er;
[esp. Brit.,] rav′el•ler, n.
rav′el•ly, adj.
Ra•vel (rə vel′; Fr. ra vel′),USA pronunciation n. Mau•rice Jo•seph (mō rēs′ zhô zef′),USA pronunciation 1875–1937, French composer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ravel /ˈrævəl/ vb ( -els, -elling, -elled) ( US -els, -eling, -eled)- to tangle (threads, fibres, etc) or (of threads, fibres, etc) to become entangled
- (often followed by out) to tease or draw out (the fibres of a fabric or garment) or (of a garment or fabric) to fray out in loose ends; unravel
- (transitive) usually followed by out: to disentangle or resolve: to ravel out a complicated story
n - a tangle or complication
Etymology: 16th Century: from Middle Dutch ravelenˈravelly adj |