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ravel

1

[ rav-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

raveled, raveling or (especially British) ravelled, ravelling.
  1. to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
  2. to tangle or entangle.
  3. to involve; confuse; perplex.
  4. to make clear; unravel (often followed by out ).


verb (used without object)

raveled, raveling or (especially British) ravelled, ravelling.
  1. to become disjoined thread by thread or fiber by fiber; fray.
  2. to become tangled.
  3. to become confused or perplexed.
  4. (of a road surface) to lose aggregate.

noun

  1. a tangle or complication.

Ravel

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[ ruh-vel; French ra-vel ]

noun

  1. Mau路rice Jo路seph [moh-, rees, zhaw-, zef], 1875鈥1937, French composer.

ravel

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/ 藞谤忙惫蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to tangle (threads, fibres, etc) or (of threads, fibres, etc) to become entangled
  2. often foll by out to tease or draw out (the fibres of a fabric or garment) or (of a garment or fabric) to fray out in loose ends; unravel
  3. trusually foll byout to disentangle or resolve

    to ravel out a complicated story

  4. to break up (a road surface) in patches or (of a road surface) to begin to break up; fret; scab
  5. archaic.
    to make or become confused or complicated
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a tangle or complication
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Ravel

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/ 谤补惫蓻濒 /

noun

  1. RavelMaurice (Joseph)18751937MFrenchMUSIC: composer Maurice ( Joseph ) (m蓴ris). 1875鈥1937, French composer, noted for his use of unresolved dissonances and mastery of tone colour. His works include Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) and Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917) for piano, 叠辞濒茅谤辞 (1928) for orchestra, and the ballet Daphnis et Chlo茅 (1912)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞谤补惫别濒濒别谤, noun
  • 藞谤补惫别濒濒测, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 谤补惫顎侥濒路别谤 especially British, 谤补惫顎侥濒路濒别谤 noun
  • 谤补惫顎侥濒路濒测 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ravel1

First recorded in 1575鈥85, ravel is from the Dutch word rafelen
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ravel1

C16: from Middle Dutch ravelen
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鈥淗ence, ravel; a tool that does the fiddly nesting together of details and summary tags for you.鈥

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So somehow, Grace, Sacha and Robert end up accompanying Art and Charlotte to Norfolk, and all of their stories unravel and ravel at once.

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Her hair was black yarn that had been knit and raveled, so that it was curly.

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But now, even though the cold already bit in the mornings, she wore only her one earth-colored dress with the raveled hem.

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And I鈥檇 like there to be, within those three attempts, a story that ravels and unravels and is a piece of Nadia鈥檚 heart, something vital to her.

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