Ravel

·vi To fall into perplexity and confusion.

II. Ravel ·vt To undo the intricacies of; to Disentangle.

III. Ravel ·vi To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.

IV. Ravel ·vi To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.

V. Ravel ·vt 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.

VI. Ravel ·vt 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.