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A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
Answer for the clue "A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric ", 8 letters:
raveling
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric [syn: ravelling ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alt form ravelling English) vb. (present participle of ravel English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Raveling \Rav"el*ing\ (r[a^]v"'l*[i^]ng), n. [Also ravelling.] The act of untwisting or of disentangling. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
Usage examples of raveling.
Nerves raveling, she braced herself for direct questions about his father.
He looked rather to be an old courtier handed down from the reign of Charles, and re-attired in a modern suit of fine, but raveling and seam-worn, broadcloth.
CHAPTER 21 ABOVE THE CITY, AS THE RETREATING DAY shed its grizzled beard in wet ravelings of mist and drab drizzles, the hard face of night had not quite yet appeared.