The Meaning of ravel

• (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
• (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
• (v. i.) To fall into perplexity and confusion.
• (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.

Synonyms

Ravel , Maurice Ravel , run , ladder , unravel , ravel out , tangle , knot

Antonyms

unravel , unknot

Rhymes

accel , adel , adele , adell , adelle , adwell , aix-la-chapelle , akel , ancel , anfal , angelle , annabel , ansel , antipersonell , anwell , aol , apel , ardelle , arel , armel , arnelle , arvel , atwell , avenel , barbell , bardell , battelle , bechtel , bedel , befell , behl , bel , bell , belle , bendel , bethel , blackwell , bluebell , bodell , bombshell , bothwell , boutell , boutelle , bozell , bracknell , bramwell , brockwell , brownell , burdell , burrell , buzzell , cabell , cantrell , cantrelle , caravel , carmel , carousel , carrasquel , carrousel , cartel , carvel , carvell , caswell , cattell , caudell , cavell , cavil , cel , cell , chanel , chappelle , chell , christabelle , citadel , clamshell , clarabelle , claribel , clell , clientele , cockwell , compel , corabelle , cordell , corel , corell , cornell , cotelle , cottrell , cowbell , danelle , daniele , danielle , dantrell , darnell , decibel , del , dell , delle , desselle , develle , dispel , dispell , doorbell , dovel , dumbbell , dwell , edell , eggshell , ehle , el , ell , elle , elwell , esquibel , esquivel , estelle , excel , expel , ezell , ezelle , farewell , fascell , faupel , fehl , fel , fell , ferrel , fidel , flavell , foretell , fravel , frel , frenzel , fretwell , futrell , gabel , gabriele , gavel , gazelle , gehl , gel , gell , get-well , ginnell , giselle , gravel , gravell , grinnell , gsell , guel , harpel , hartwell , havel , hehl , hell , helle , hillel , hopewell , hormel , hornell , hotel , impel , industrielle , infidel , irell , isabel , isabelle , janelle , jeanmichele , jell , joelle , kalispell , kehl , kell , kjell , knell , krell , l , labell , labelle , landell , lapel , ledwell , lemelle , leonelle , lobell , loisel , loiselle , lyell , lyondell , madelle , mademoiselle , mantell , manuel , marcantel , marcel , marcelle , markel , martel , marvelle , matell , materiel , mattel , maxell , maxwell , maybelle , mckell , mehl , mel , mell , melle , mendell , merisel , michel , michele , michelle , miguel , mirabel , mirabelle , mirell , mirelle , misspell , mizel , montel , montiel , morel , morrell , moselle , motel , mousel , mozelle , nel , nell , nelle , nepl , niguel , nobel , noel , noelle , nouvelle , novell , noxell , nutshell , odell , orwell , outsell , oversell , ozelle , pantel , parallel , pastel , patel , pavel , pehl , pell , pelle , percell , personnel , pesnell , propel , purcell , quell , quesnel , rachelle , rafael , rampell , randell , raphael , raquel , rebel , repel , resell , retell , revelle , riopel , rochelle , rockwell , romelle , rosabel , roussel , rozelle , rudelle , ruelle , sabel , samelle , sanmiguel , savel , schell , schmehl , schnell , schnelle , seashell , sell , selle , sentelle , sharell , sheftel , shell , shirell , shirelle , shortell , shotwell , smell , snell , sockwell , spell , stairwell , stell , stelle , stilwell , stockwell , strehl , strehle , swell , sydell , tarbell , tavel , tel , tell , torell , travel , twaddell , tyrrell , udelle , undersell , unravel , unsell , vandaele , varvel , vaupel , vertel , wachtell , waddell , warrell , weisel , well , welle , yell , zel , zell , zelle , zinfandel , zumel