- ravel⇄noun raveler, (especially British,) raveller.
- ravel⇄noun 1. an unraveled thread or fiber.
Ex. Since then the splits and ravels have shown up ... so that it is now doubtful whether the fabric can ever be repaired (Harper's).
2. a tangle; complication; entanglement. - ravel⇄ravel, verb, -eled,-elingor (especially British)-elled,-elling,noun.
- ravel⇄v.i. 1. to fray out; separate into threads.
Ex. The sweater has raveled at the elbow.
2. to become tangled, involved, or confused.
Ex. (Figurative.) To hem the end of our history that it ravel not out (Thomas Fuller). - ravel⇄v.t. 1. to separate the threads of; fray.
Ex. Ravel a bit of the leftover cloth to mend the tear in your dress.
2. (Figurative.) to make plain or clear; unravel.
Ex. Must I ravel out My weaved-up folly (Shakespeare).
(SYN) disen