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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ravel \Rav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled}or {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ravel \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ravel n : a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: {run}, {ladder}] v 1: disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" "unravel the ball or yarn" [syn: {unravel}, {ravel out}] 2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: {tangle}, {knot}] [ant: {unravel}, {unravel}]
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