Words Like RAVEL

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RAVEL.

11 Alternative Words Similar to ravel

1 Run Noun      Synonym Words Like Run
2 Ladder Noun      Synonym Words Like Ladder
3 Ravel Noun      Synonym Words Like Ravel
4 Damage Noun      Synonym Words Like Damage
5 Harm Noun      Synonym Words Like Harm
6 Impairment Noun      Synonym Words Like Impairment
7 Unravel Verb      Synonym Words Like Unravel
8 Raveled Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Raveled
9 Raveling Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Raveling
10 Ravelling Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Ravelling
11 Involve Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Involve

1 examples of ravel

1 to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.

10 definitions of ravel

1 To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out
2 To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
3 To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
4 To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
5 To fall into perplexity and confusion.
6 To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
7 disentangle
8 a row of unravelled stitches
9 French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
10 tangle or complicate
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