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Noun: ravel  ra-vul
  1. A row of unravelled stitches
    - run, ladder
Verb: ravel (ravelled,ravelling, or [US] raveled,raveling)  ra-vul
  1. Disentangle
    "can you ravel the mystery?"; "can you ravel out the mystery?"
    - unravel, ravel out
     
  2. Tangle or complicate
    - tangle, knot
Noun: Ravel  ru'vel
  1. French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
    - Maurice Ravel

Derived forms: raveled, ravelled, ravelling, ravels

See also: ravelling [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: composer, damage, disentangle, enlace, entwine, harm, impairment, interlace, intertwine, lace, straighten out, twine, unsnarl

Antonym: unravel

Encyclopedia: Ravel Ravel, Puy-de-Dôme