Pronunciation: /ˈrævəl/
noun a tangle or complication
A1 I found a ravel in my sweater and had to fix it.
A2 The ravel in the carpet was starting to unravel.
B1 She carefully untangled the ravel in the yarn before continuing to knit.
B2 The seamstress expertly repaired the ravel in the fabric.
C1 The intricate ravel in the tapestry was a sign of the artist's skill.
C2 The musician's performance was a ravel of different musical genres seamlessly blended together.
verb to disentangle or untangle
A1 I ravel my shoelaces when I run.
A2 She tried to ravel the tangled yarn but it was too difficult.
B1 The magician performed a trick where he could ravel and unravel a rope at will.
B2 The mystery novel's plot began to ravel and become more complex as the story unfolded.
C1 The intricate dance routine was carefully choreographed to ravel seamlessly from one movement to the next.
C2 The artist's abstract painting seemed to ravel the viewer's perception of reality.
formal The intricate design of the fabric began to ravel at the edges.
informal I always struggle to ravel my headphones after using them.
slang She raveled up all the gossip and spread it around the school.
figurative The mystery continued to ravel as more clues were uncovered.
raveled
ravels
more ravel
most ravel
ravels
will ravel
have raveled
is raveling
ravel
ravel
to ravel
raveling
raveling