The meaning of Ravel

Ravel – definition

verb
Untangle or unravel something.
Usage examples:
Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net
verb
Unravel; fray.
Usage examples:
A shirt with a ravelled collar
verb
Confuse or complicate (a question or situation).
Usage examples:
I'd prefer you to keep your nose out of my business and not ravel things further

noun
A tangle, cluster, or knot.
Usage examples:
A ravel of knitting

verb
To separate a knot, mass of threads, etc. into a single thread or threads
Usage examples:
It took daisy a long time to ravel out all the wool., mark's interference merely ravelled things fu…

Ravel translation into English

Ravel: translate from English into Chinese

拉威尔, 使纠缠, 拆开部分, 纠结之物

Ravel: translate from English into Dutch

Rafel, Uitrafelen, Wirwar, In de war raken, Ontwarren, In de war brengen, Verwarren, Rafeldraad, Verwarde massa, Ingewikkeldheid, Verwikkeling

Ravel: translate from English into French

Effilochage, Enchevêtrement, Emmêler, Enchevêtrer, Embrouiller, Embarrasser, S'effilocher

Ravel: translate from English into German

Ravel, Ausfransen, Verwirren, Sich verwirren

Ravel: translate from English into Hindi

प्रसिद्ध हो जाना, फैल जाना, घपलेबाज़ी, फैलना, घपला, मशहूर हो जाना, गड़बड़, उलझन, प्रसिद्ध होना, मशहूर होना, उड़ जाना, उड़ना, खोलना, खोल देना, सुलझाना, प्रसारित हो जाना, खुलना, सुलझना

Ravel: translate from English into Italian

Ravel, Ingarbugliarsi, Sfilacciarsi

Ravel: translate from English into Korean

얽힘, 얽히다, 얽히게 하다, 조리 있게 하다, 꼬여 있는 것을 풀다, 풀다, 풀린 끝, 풀린 끝 가닥, 혼란, 실 따위를 얽히게 하다, 풀어지다, 머리털 따위를 얽히게 하다, 털실 따위의 얽힘, 피륙 따위의 풀린 끝 가닥, 피륙 따위의 풀린 끝, 밧줄 따위의 풀린 끝 가닥, 밧줄 따위의 풀린 끝

Ravel: translate from English into Russian

Распутать, Усложнять, Распутывать, Запутывать, Спутывать, Запутываться, Обтрепываться, Путаница, Узел, Обрывок нитки, Обрывок, Клубок, Моток

Ravel: translate from English into Spanish

Enmarañar, Enredo, Complicación, Enredar

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle’.

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Ravel – similar words

raveler

noun
A person who ravels something.

All meanings and translations of Raveler

raveled

verb
Untangle or unravel something.
Usage examples:
Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net

noun
A tangle, cluster, or knot.
Usage examples:
A ravel of knitting

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