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Ravel
01
a row of unravelled stitches
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
ravels
02
French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
to ravel
01
to complicate or tangle, often used metaphorically to describe situations or problems becoming more intricate or convoluted
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
ravel
3rd person singular
ravels
Present participle
raveling
Past simple
raveled
Past participle
raveled
Examples
Last week, the negotiations raveled into a complex web of conflicting interests.
02
disentangle
