ravel
verb/ˈrævl/
/ˈrævl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they ravel | /ˈrævl/ /ˈrævl/ |
| he / she / it ravels | /ˈrævlz/ /ˈrævlz/ |
| past simple ravelled | /ˈrævld/ /ˈrævld/ |
| past participle ravelled | /ˈrævld/ /ˈrævld/ |
| (US English) past simple raveled | /ˈrævld/ /ˈrævld/ |
| (US English) past participle raveled | /ˈrævld/ /ˈrævld/ |
| -ing form ravelling | /ˈrævlɪŋ/ /ˈrævlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form raveling | /ˈrævlɪŋ/ /ˈrævlɪŋ/ |
- ravel something to make a situation or problem more complicatedWord Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle’.
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