to ravel
- verb
- /ˈrævəl/
:
enredar
- As the children played, their strings began to ravel, creating a tangled mess on the floor.
Examples
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And if it's when it's so compact and raveled in the structure and using these proteins called histones, the DNA becomes very difficult to read.
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They're just trying to, you know, think the thinking that ravels and unravels.
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With a stitch that never will ravel.
Fiction book (1996) -
The carpet was twisted and raveled where they had driven themselves into the floor.
Fiction book (2002) -
What?" At the edges, Robbie's voice raveled in alarm.
Fiction book (1999) -
The confusing instructions only raveled the situation further, making it hard to understand what to do.
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His explanation raveled the entire project, leading to misunderstandings among the team members.
Synonyms
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4.1
To make something harder to understand or do
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4.8
Mix things up so they are unclear
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4.7
To make a story or idea hard to understand
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7.2
Make a topic more confusing by adding unclear details
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7.1
To make something more confused or tangled
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5.8
Make something harder than it needs to be
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6.5
To make something tangled and difficult to understand
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7.8
Make things tangled or blocked so progress slows
To make something more confused or tangled
To add too much detail and make something more complicated than needed
To make a problem more confusing instead of clearer
To make an idea or situation unclear and confusing
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Tangled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ravel comes from an old Dutch word meaning 'to tangle' or 'to fray', so it can mean to make threads or a situation more twisted and confusing. That's why you can say a rope, a plan, or a story 'ravels' when it becomes more tangled.