ravel

ravel is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
3. transitive verb. 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. intransitive verb. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
5. intransitive verb. To fall into perplexity and confusion.
6. intransitive verb. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
7. noun. a row of unravelled stitches

   "she got a run in her stocking"

   Synonyms: ladder, run

8. noun. French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
9. verb. tangle or complicate

   "a ravelled story"

   Synonyms: knot, tangle

10. verb. disentangle

    "can you unravel the mystery?"

    Synonyms: unravel

Synonyms

ladder, run, knot, tangle, unravel

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ravel:

arvel, larve, laver, velar

Common word forms

ravels, raveled, raveler, ravelly, raveling, ravelled, raveller, ravelling, ravelment

Words from these letters

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