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; |
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. | |
v. i. | 1. | To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy. |
2. | To fall into perplexity and confusion. | |
3. | To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern. |
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" | |
Verb | 1. | ravel - disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"; "unravel the ball or yarn" |
2. | ravel - tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" Antonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "the sweater unravelled" |