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RAVEL

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: ravelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, ravelling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A row of unravelled stitchesplay

Example:

she got a run in her stocking

Synonyms:

ladder; ravel; run

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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)play

Synonyms:

Maurice Ravel; Ravel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they ravel  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it ravels  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: raveled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation/ravelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: raveled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation/ravelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: raveling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation/ravelling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tangle or complicateplay

Example:

a ravelled story

Synonyms:

knot; ravel; tangle

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:

Disentangleplay

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)

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