Definitions for: Ravel


[n] a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
[n] French composer and exponent of Impressionsim (1875-1937)
[v] tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
[v] disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"; "unravel the ball or yarn"



Webster (1913) Definition: Rav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveledor Ravelled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.] [. ravelen, D.
rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.]
1. 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 sticking.



Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. --Shak.

2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

3. 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.

What glory's due to him that could divide Such
raveled interests? has he not untied? --Waller.

The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and
indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or
raveled and entangled in weak discourses! --Jer.
Taylor.


Rav"el, v. i.
1. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be
relieved of intricacy.

2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs.]

Till, by their own perplexities involved, They ravel
more, still less resolved. --Milton.

3. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the
threads of a woven pattern. [Obs.]

The humor of raveling into all these mystical or
entangled matters. --Sir W.
Temple.

Synonyms: knot, ladder, Maurice Ravel, ravel out, run, tangle

Antonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle

See Also: composer, damage, disentangle, enlace, entwine, harm, impairment, interlace, intertwine, lace, straighten out, twine, unsnarl

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