Ravel - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈrævl|
Brit.
|ˈræv(ə)l|
noun
- French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
- a row of unravelled stitches (syn: ladder, run)
- a row of unravelled stitches (syn: ladder, run)
verb
- disentangle (syn: ravel out, unravel)
can you unravel the mystery?
- tangle or complicate (syn: knot, tangle)a ravelled story
Extra examples
Life goes all to ravels and tatters.
The roads ravelled rapidly and became merely a pile of loose stones.
The end of the rope has ravelled out and the knot will not hold the climbers safely.
The sweater ravelled out at the elbow.
Fools ravel, and wise men rede.
Phrasal verbs
ravel out
— disentangle
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