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Verb
/ˈravəl/,
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ravels, 3rd person singular present; ravelled, past participle; ravelled, past tense; raveled, past participle; raveled, past tense; raveling, present participle; ravelling, present participle;
  1. Untangle or unravel something
    • - Davy had finished raveling out his herring net
    • - sleep raveled out the tangles of his mind
  2. Confuse or complicate (a question or situation)

Noun
  1. A tangle, cluster, or knot
    • - a lovely yellow ravel of sunflowers
  1. French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
  2. disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"
  3. run: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
  4. tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
  5. (ravelling) raveling: a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
  6. Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875December 28, 1937) was a French composer of Impressionist music known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. ...
  7. Ravel is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
  8. (Ravelling) Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. ...
  9. Ravels is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Poppel, Ravels proper and Weelde. On January 1, 2006 Ravels had a total population of 13,762. The total area is 94.99 km² which gives a population density of 145 inhabitants per km². ...
  10. To pull apart (especially cloth or a seam); unravel; To clarify by separation into simpler pieces
  11. (Ravelling) Click to jump to another letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z
  12. (1875-1937): French composer often linked with Debussy for his Impressionist music, but actually more Classically oriented. Dance rhythms and Spanish influences are found in many of his works, such as Bolero and the Rapsodie espagnol [more...]
  13. to undo completed stitches, either purposely or accidentally