Associations to the word «Raveling»

Wiktionary

RAVEL, noun. A snarl, complication
RAVEL, verb. To tangle; entangle; entwine confusedly, become snarled; thus to involve; perplex; confuse.
RAVEL, verb. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle or clarify.
RAVEL, verb. To pull apart (especially cloth or a seam); unravel.
RAVEL, verb. (computing) (programming) In the APL language, to reshape (a variable) into a vector.

Dictionary definition

RAVEL, noun. French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937).
RAVEL, noun. A row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking".
RAVEL, verb. Disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?".
RAVEL, verb. Tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley