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RAVEL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
verb ; 1 · to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray ; 2 · break up, crumble ; 3 · to become entangled or confused.
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RAVELLED definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
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 ...
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Ravel - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Ravel is a contronym, a word that has two meanings that are the opposite of each other. Confusingly, ravel can mean both "tangle" and "untangle."
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ravelled
▪ I. † ˈravelled, a. Obs. (See ravel bread.)1577 Harrison England ii. vi. (1877) i. 154 The raueled is a kind of cheat bread also, but it reteineth more of the grosse, and less of the poore substance of the wheat. The raueled cheat..is generallie so made [etc.]. 1613 Wither Abuses ii. i, For bread, ...
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ravelled | raveled, adj.¹ meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the adjective ravelled is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for ravelled is from 1577, in the writing of William Harrison.
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ravelled - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
ravelled · Contents · English. edit. Etymology 1. edit. From ravel + -ed. Adjective. edit. ravelled (comparative more ravelled, superlative most ravelled).
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Verse (poetry)
The thought behind, I strove to join
Unto the thought before –
But Sequence ravelled out of Sound
Like Balls – upon a Floor.
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ravelled - ShakespearesWords.com
ravelled (adj.) Old form(s): rauel'd. tangled, confused, jumbled up. Headword location(s). SHAKESPEARE'S WORDS © 2025 DAVID ...
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Synonyms of raveled - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for RAVELED: unraveled, unwound, disentangled, untangled, unlaced, unsnarled, unbraided, loosened; Antonyms of RAVELED: bound, tied, knotted, ...
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RAVEL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
raveled, raveling , ravelled, ravelling . to become disjoined thread by thread or fiber by fiber; fray. to become tangled.
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How to Pronounce Ravelled - Deep English
Ravelled means something that is twisted or tangled in a messy way. Examples. The old sweater had ravelled threads all over it. Pronounce the word. Words With ...
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ravelled | raveled, adj.² meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the adjective ravelled is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for ravelled is from around 1586, in the writing of John Stewart ...
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ravelly
ˈravelly, a. rare. Somewhat ravelled.1890 Century Mag. Jan. 444/1 note, A..suit of clothes that looked seamed and ravelly.
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Joel Lieber
…This is a sad extension of those earlier quixotic and prophetic novels but Lieber's last book is also his strongest showing up everywhere a ravelled urgency
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ravel bread
ˈravel bread Obs. exc. dial. [Of obscure origin: cf. ravelled a.] Bread made of whole meal, or of flour with the bran left in. Also ravel loaf.1591 Florio 2nd Fruites 51 Here is cheate bread, rauel bread, manchet bread, and houshold bread. 1608 T. Cocks Diary (1901) 37/4 Mr. Deanes boye, that brough...
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