ravel | ravel meaning
English[edit]Etymology[edit]FromDutch[1]ravelen[2](“totangle,frayout,unweave”),fromDutch[3]rafel[4](“frayedthread”).Pronunciation[edit]Noun[edit]ravel(pluralravels[5])snarl;complication1927,DHLawrence,MorningsinMexico[1],HTMLedition,ProjectGutenbergAustralia,published2009:Thesavannahvalleyisshadeless,spottedonlywiththethornyravelofmesquitebushes.[6][7]Aravelledthread[8].Verb[edit]ravel(third-personsingularsimplepresentravels[9],presentparticipleravelling[10]or(US)raveling[11],simplepastandp...
English[edit] Etymology[edit]From Dutch[1] ravelen[2] (“to tangle, fray out, unweave”), from Dutch[3] rafel[4] (“frayed thread”).
Pronunciation[edit] Noun[edit]ravel (plural ravels[5])
snarl; complication 1927, DH Lawrence, Mornings in Mexico[1], HTML edition, Project Gutenberg Australia, published 2009:The savannah valley is shadeless, spotted only with the thorny ravel of mesquite bushes.
[6][7] A ravelled thread[8].Verb[edit]ravel (third-person singular simple present ravels[9], present participle ravelling[10] or (US) raveling[11], simple past and past participle ravelled[12] or (US) raveled[13])
(transitive[14]) To tangle; entangle; entwine confusedly, become snarled; thus to involve; perplex; confuse. 1660, Edmund Waller, To the King, upon his Majestys Happy Return What glorys due to him that could divide / Such ravelled interests?[22] 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year The faith...