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Ravel
('r/&/v/@/l )

noun (n)

  • French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    maurice ravel
    source: wordnet30
  • a row of unravelled stitches(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    ladder, run
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • disentangle(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Can you unravel the mystery?.
    Synonym:
    ravel out, unravel
    Antonym:
    knot, tangle
    source: wordnet30
  • tangle or complicate(verb.contact)
    Example:
    A ravelled story.
    Synonym:
    knot, tangle
    Antonym:
    ravel out, unravel
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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