Crossword clues for raveling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ravel \Rav"el\ (r[a^]v"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld) or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.]
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To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care.
--Shak. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
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To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
What glory's due to him that could divide Such raveled interests? has the knot untied?
--Waller.The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses!
--Jer. Taylor.
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.
Wiktionary
n. (alt form ravelling English) vb. (present participle of ravel English)
WordNet
n. a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric [syn: ravelling]
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.