Definition of ravel Ravel

/ɹæˈvʌl/ - [ratvul] - rav•el

We found 17 definitions of ravel from 5 different sources.

What does ravel mean?

Noun
ravel - French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
		Maurice Ravel
ravel - a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
		run, ladder
		harm, damage, impairment the act of damaging something or someone
Verb ravels, raveling, raveled
ravel - tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
		tangle, knot
		unknot, unpick, unscramble, untangle, unravel undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)
		ravel out, ravel, unravel tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
		enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine, lace spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
ravel - disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"
		unravel, ravel out
		ravel, knot, tangle tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
		unsnarl, disentangle, straighten out extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"

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ravel (Noun)
A snarl, complication.
ravel (Verb)
To tangle; entangle; entwine confusedly, become snarled; thus to involve; perplex; confuse.
ravel (Verb)
To make a minute and careful examination in order to straighten what is confused, unfold what is hidden, or clear up, clarify what is obscure; investigate; search; explore.
ravel (Verb)
To pull apart especially cloth or a seam; unravel.
ravel (Verb)
In the APL language, to reshape a variable into a vector.

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.
ravel (v. t.)
To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
ravel (v. t.)
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.
ravel (v. i.)
To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
ravel (v. i.)
To fall into perplexity and confusion.
ravel (v. i.)
To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.

ravel
rav′el, v.t. to confuse, entangle: to untwist or unweave: to unravel (in this sense usually with out).—v.i. to be untwisted or unwoven: to become entangled: to search (with into):—pr.p. rav′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. rav′elled.—n. a ravelled thread.—adj. Rav′elled, denoting bread made from flour and bran.—ns. Rav′elling, a ravelled thread; Rav′elling-en′gine, a machine for tearing rags.—adv. Rav′elly.—n. Rav′elment, discord. [Dut. ravelen.]

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