Ravel

v. t.	1.	To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; - often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking. [imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld) or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.] Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. - Shak.
	2.	To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
	3.	To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve. What glory's due to him that could divide Such raveled interests? has the knot untied? - Waller. The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses! - Jer. Taylor.
v. i.	1.	To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
	2.	To fall into perplexity and confusion. 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. The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters. - Sir W. Temple.

Noun	1.	Ravel - French composer and exponent of Impressionsim (1875-1937) Synonyms: Maurice Ravel
	2.	ravel - a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" Synonyms: ladder, run
Verb	1.	ravel - disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"; "unravel the ball or yarn" Synonyms: ravel out, unravel
	2.	ravel - tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" Synonyms: tangle, knot Antonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "the sweater unravelled"

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