Antonyms for ravel

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rav-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv əl

Definition of ravel

Origin : 1580s, "to untangle, disentangle, unwind" (originally with out), also "to entangle, become tangled or confused," from Dutch ravelen "to tangle, fray," rafelen "to 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 become unwoven, they get tangled.

verb come apart; unwind

Example sentences :

A man has no right to ravel out his life, even though the threads are of gold.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Not a soul there who had ever heard of William Blake or Ravel!
Extract from : « Anthony Trent, Master Criminal » by Wyndham Martyn

O the complexities of the ravel produced by time struggling with eternity!
Extract from : « Anima Poet » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The marking thread should be through every stitch so that they cannot ravel.
Extract from : « Needlework Economies » by Various

Woyds and you get sort of tangled up and I haven't got time to ravel you out.
Extract from : « Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad » by John Kendrick Bangs

It is possible, too, to ravel out the canvas in the bags, and use it for thread.
Extract from : « Farthest North » by Fridtjof Nansen

The thick darkness carries with it Rain and a ravel of cloud.
Extract from : « Goblins and Pagodas » by John Gould Fletcher

Nevertheless, this fact constitutes Ravel in no wise the imitator of Debussy.
Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld

And Ravel is at once more traditional and more progressive a composer than Debussy.
Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld

And there is much besides that Ravel and Debussy have in common.
Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld

Synonyms for ravel

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