ravel+out
1ravel out — verb disentangle can you unravel the mystery? • Syn: ↑ravel, ↑unravel • Ant: ↑ravel (for: ↑unravel) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
2Ravel — Rav el (r[a^]v l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} ( ld) or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart;… …
3ravel — ► VERB (ravelled, ravelling; US raveled, raveling) 1) (ravel out) untangle. 2) confuse or complicate (a question or situation). ► NOUN ▪ a tangle or cluster …
4ravel something out — ravel sthout derived to open sth which has become twisted or which contains knots Syn: ↑unravel: (figurative) He was trying to ravel out the complicated series of events that had led to this situation. Main entry: ↑ …
5ravel — The verb has inflected forms ravelled, ravelling in BrE and usually raveled, raveling in AmE. The usual meaning is ‘to entangle or become entangled’, but ravel out has the opposite meaning, the same as disentangle or unravel …
6ravel — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, answer, ball up, bottom, can of worms, clarify, clear up, complex, complicate, confound, confuse, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disembroil, disentangle,… …
7ravel — [c]/ˈrævəl / (say ravuhl) verb (ravelled or, US, raveled, ravelling or, US, raveling) –verb (t) 1. to tangle or entangle. 2. to involve; confuse; perplex. –verb (i) 3. to become disjoined …
8Ravel — Rav el, v. i. 1. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy. [1913 Webster] 2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Till, by their own perplexities involved, They ravel more, still less …
9ravel — [v] come apart; unwind disentangle, free, loosen, make plain, smooth out, unbraid, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, weave out; concepts 250,469 Ant. put together, twist …
10ravel — [rav′əl] vt. raveled or ravelled, raveling or ravelling [MDu ravelen (Du rafelen), akin to LowG rabbeln, Dan dial. vrøvle: for IE base see RHAPSODY] 1. Now Rare to make complicated or tangled [parts of his argument were all raveled up] 2. to… …
