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RAVEL
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Irregular inflected forms: ravelled , ravelling
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
she got a run in her stocking
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ravel" is a kind of...):
damage; harm; impairment (the occurrence of a change for the worse)
Derivation:
ravel (tangle or complicate)
ravel (disentangle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
Synonyms:
Maurice Ravel; Ravel
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
composer (someone who composes music as a profession)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ravel ... he / she / it ravels
Past simple: raveled /ravelled
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
a ravelled story
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "ravel" is one way to...):
enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin, wind, or twist together)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
unravel (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of)
unravel (disentangle)
Derivation:
ravel (a row of unravelled stitches)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
can you unravel the mystery?
Synonyms:
ravel; ravel out; unravel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "ravel" is one way to...):
disentangle; straighten out; unsnarl (extricate from entanglement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
ravel (a row of unravelled stitches)
raveling; ravelling (a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric)