ravel

Etymology
The is borrowed from, ; further etymology uncertain. It has been suggested that the verb is originally derived from the noun, but the  regards this as “very uncertain”, and instead regards the as having derived from the verb (compare 🇨🇬, ).

Ravel is a having both the senses of tangling (verb senses 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.1, and 2.3; noun sense 1) and untangling (verb senses 1.3, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 2.1, and 2.2; noun sense 2). It would appear that the tangling senses predate the untangling ones (as in Dutch), but this is uncertain because the first published uses of both senses of the words occur around the same time.

Verb

 * 1) To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
 * 2)  Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.
 * 3) To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
 * 4) To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
 * 5)  Often followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.
 * 6)  To destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
 * 7)  In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
 * 8) Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
 * 9)  Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
 * 10)  To become entangled or snarled.
 * 1) To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
 * 2)  Often followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.
 * 3)  To destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
 * 4)  In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
 * 5) Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
 * 6)  Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
 * 7)  To become entangled or snarled.
 * 1)  To destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
 * 2)  In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
 * 3) Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
 * 4)  Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
 * 5)  To become entangled or snarled.
 * 1) Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
 * 2)  Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
 * 3)  To become entangled or snarled.
 * 1)  Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
 * 2)  To become entangled or snarled.
 * 1)  To become entangled or snarled.
 * 1)  To become entangled or snarled.

Usage notes

 * The spellings and  are more common in the United Kingdom than in the United States.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: rois
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Greek:

Noun

 * 1) A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle.
 * 2)  A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.
 * 3)  A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.
 * 1)  A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.
 * 2)  A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.
 * 1)  A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.
 * 2)  A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.
 * 1)  A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.