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 Definitions of ravel  [ˈræv əl]  

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Definition of 'ravel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) ravel
to disentangle the threads or fibers of; unravel.

2.  ravel
to make clear; unravel.

3.  ravel
to entangle; enmesh; confuse.

4. (v.i.) ravel
to become unwound; fray.

5.  ravel
Obs. to become tangled or confused.

6. (n.) ravel
a tangle or complication.

7. (n.) Ravel
Maurice Joseph, 1875–1937, French composer.


Definition of 'ravel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Ravel, Maurice Ravel
French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)

2. (verb) run, ladder, ravel
a row of unravelled stitches
"she got a run in her stocking"

3. (verb) ravel, unravel, ravel out
disentangle
"can you unravel the mystery?"

4. (verb) ravel, tangle, knot
tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"


Definition of 'ravel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) ravel
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

2. (verb) ravel
to undo the intricacies of; to disentangle

3. (verb) ravel
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

4. (verb) ravel
to become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy

5. (verb) ravel
to fall into perplexity and confusion

6. (verb) ravel
to make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern



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