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verb (used with object)
1.
to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
2.
to tangle or entangle.
3.
to involve; confuse; perplex.
4.
to make clear; unravel (often followed by out).
verb (used without object)
5.
to become disjoined thread by thread or fiber by fiber; fray.
6.
to become tangled.
7.
to become confused or perplexed.
8.
(of a road surface) to lose aggregate.
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Ravel out
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
9.
a tangle or complication.
Origin:
1575–85; < Dutch rafelen
1575–85; < Dutch rafelen
Related forms
rav·el·er; especially British, rav·el·ler, noun
rav·el·ly, adjective
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Word Origin & History
ravel
1580s, "to untangle, unwind," also "to become tangled or confused," from Du. ravelen "to tangle, fray, unweave," from rafel "frayed thread." The seemingly contradictory senses of this word (ravel and unravel are both synonyms and antonyms) are reconciled by its roots in weaving and sewing: as threads
EXPANDbecome unwoven, they get tangled.
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