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- [rav-uh l]
- /ˈræv əl/
- /ˈræv.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rav-uh l]
- /ˈræv əl/
Definitions of ravel word
- verb with object ravel to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.). 1
- verb with object ravel to tangle or entangle. 1
- verb with object ravel to involve; confuse; perplex. 1
- verb with object ravel to make clear; unravel (often followed by out). 1
- verb without object ravel to become disjoined thread by thread or fiber by fiber; fray. 1
- verb without object ravel to become tangled. 1
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Origin of ravel
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85, ravel is from the Dutch word rafelen
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Parts of speech for Ravel
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ravel popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ravel usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ravel
verb ravel
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- complect — to interweave or entwine
noun ravel
- flax — any plant of the genus Linum, especially L. usitatissimum, a slender, erect, annual plant having narrow, lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers, cultivated for its fiber and seeds.
- floss — the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- lint — minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lints — minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lisle — Leconte de Lisle.
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