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Meaning of 'ravel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ravel [ v. i.]
- To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
- To fall into perplexity and confusion.
- To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
2 . Ravel [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
- To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.

Meaning of 'ravel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ravel [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a row of unravelled stitches
Example in sentence:
  • she got a run in her stocking
2 . ravel [ v]
Meaning (2):
- tangle or complicate
Example in sentence:
  • a ravelled story
Meaning (3):
- disentangle
Example in sentence:
  • can you unravel the mystery?

Nearby Words:

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