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  • 61ravel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. entangle, involve, unravel, fray, untangle, disentangle, separate. See difficulty, disorder. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. untwist, come apart, smooth out, untangle, disentangle, unsnarl, unbraid, untwine,… …

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  • 62Ravel — Ra|vel, Mau|rice (1875 1937) a French ↑composer whose most famous work is his Boléro …

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  • 63ravel — rav|el [ rævl ] verb intransitive 1. ) if cloth ravels, fibers in it become loose and separate 2. ) to become twisted and knotted together …

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  • 64ravel — rav·el || rævl v. unravel, unwind a rope or thread; confuse, perplex, bewilder …

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  • 65ravel — 1) laver 2) velar …

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  • 66ravel — v. a. 1. Disentangle, untwist, unravel, unweave, take apart, unroll, undo, unwind. 2. Entangle, entwist, involve, make intricate, net, perplex …

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  • 67ravel — v 1. disentangle, untwist, undo, unroll, take apart; comb, card, separate, divide; loose, unloose, disconnect, disjoin, disengage, untie. 2. tangle, entangle, involve, complicate, make complicated; knot up, intertwine, intertwist, twist;… …

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  • 68Ravel — Ra•vel [[t]rəˈvɛl[/t]] n. big Maurice Joseph, 1875–1937, French composer …

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  • 69ravel — rav•el [[t]ˈræv əl[/t]] v. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling, 1) to disentangle the threads or fibers of; unravel 2) to make clear; unravel 3) to entangle; enmesh; confuse 4) to become unwound; fray 5) Obs. to become tangled or confused 6) …

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  • 70Ravel — /rəˈvɛl/ (say ruh vel), /ra / (say rah ) noun Maurice /mɒˈris/ (say mo rees), 1875–1937, French composer; works include Boléro (1928), and the ballet Daphnis et Chloé (1912) …