[ˈravl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- untangle or unravel something
(e.g: Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net)

- unravel; fray
(e.g: a shirt with a ravelled collar)

- confuse or complicate (a question or situation)
(e.g: I'd prefer you to keep your nose out of my business and not ravel things further)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle’

[ˈravl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tangle, cluster, or knot
(e.g: a ravel of knitting)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle’