Word Meaning

ravel definition and meaning

v. t. 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 stocking.
v. t. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
v. t. 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. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
v. i. To fall into perplexity and confusion.
v. i. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.

Crossword clues for ravel

- A bird
- Become tangled
- Composer of Bolero
- Entangle
- Mix threads
- Tangle