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rav·el

(răv′əl)

v. rav·eled, rav·el·ing, rav·els also rav·elled or rav·el·ling

v.tr.

1. To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); unravel.

2. To clarify by separating the aspects of.

3. To tangle or complicate.

v.intr.

1. To become separated into its component threads; unravel or fray.

2. To become tangled or confused.

1. A raveling.

2. A broken or discarded thread.

3. A tangle.

[Obsolete Dutch ravelen, from ravel, loose thread.]

rav′el·er, rav′el·ler n.

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