rav·el (r ăv əl)
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v. rav·eled, rav·el·ing, rav·els also rav·elled or rav·el·ling v.tr.1. To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); unravel. 2. To clarify by separating the aspects of. 3. To tangle or complicate. v.intr.1. To become separated into its component threads; unravel or fray. 2. To become tangled or confused. n.1. A raveling. 2. A broken or discarded thread. 3. A tangle.
[Obsolete Dutch ravelen, from ravel, loose thread.]
ravel·er, ravel·ler n. |