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BNC: 26991 COCA: 42504

ravel

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
ravel /ˈrævəl/ verb
ravels US raveled or chiefly British ravelled US raveling or chiefly British ravelling
ravel
/ˈrævəl/
verb
ravels US raveled or chiefly British ravelled US raveling or chiefly British ravelling
Learner's definition of RAVEL
[no object] formal + literary
: to become divided into separate threads : unravel(连接织物的线)散开,松开

— raveled

(US) or chiefly British ravelled adjective
BNC: 26991 COCA: 42504

ravel

1 of 2

verb

rav·​el ˈra-vəl How to pronounce ravel (audio)
raveled or ravelled; raveling or ravelling ˈrav-liŋ How to pronounce ravel (audio)
ˈra-və-

intransitive verb

1
: to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
2
3
obsolete : to become entangled or confused

transitive verb

1
a
: to separate or undo the texture of : unravel
b
: to undo the intricacies of : disentangle
2
raveler
ˈrav-lər How to pronounce ravel (audio)
ˈra-və-
noun
ravelment noun

ravel

2 of 2

noun

: an act or result of raveling: such as
a
: something tangled
b
: something raveled out
specifically : a loose thread

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
So somehow, Grace, Sacha and Robert end up accompanying Art and Charlotte to Norfolk, and all of their stories unravel and ravel at once. Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020 Her eight novels, including the 2016 bestseller Commonwealth, tend to focus on families or groups raveling and unraveling over decades. Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2019 Now, with many New Yorkers complaining that life in New York is raveling under Mr. Bloomberg’s progressive successor, Bill de Blasio, a top Bloomberg lieutenant is telling his version of how the city was revitalized. Edward Kosner, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Dutch rafelen, from rafel loose thread

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1540, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

1634, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ravel was circa 1540
BNC: 26991 COCA: 42504

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