English-Thai Dictionary

ravel

VI ยุ่งเหยิง  พัวพัน  untwist untangle yung-yeng

 

ravel

VT ทำให้ ยุ่งเหยิง  ทำให้ พัวพัน  untwist untangle tam-hai-yung-yeng

 

ravel out

PHRV คลาย ออก  แก้ ปม ออก  ปลดออก  klai-ook

 

raveling

N การ พัน กัน ยุ่ง  kan-pan-kan-yung

 

ravelling

N การ พัน กัน ยุ่ง  kan-pan-kan-yung

 

ravelment

N ความยุ่งเหยิง  kwam-yung-yeng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAVEL

v.t.rav'l. 1. To entangle; to entwist together; to make intricate; to involve; to perplex.
What glory's due to him that could divide such ravel'd inte'rests, has the knot unty'd?
2. To untwist; to unweave or unknot; to disentangle; as, to ravel out a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
Sleep, that knits up the ravel'd sleeve of care.
3. to hurry or run over in confusion. [Not in use. ]

 

RAVEL

v.i.rav'l. 1. To fall into perplexity and confusion.
Till by their own perplexities involv'd, they ravel more, still less resolv'd.
2. To work in perplexities; to busy one's self with intricacies; to enter by winding and turning.
It will be needless to ravel far into the records of elder times.
The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters - produced infinite diputes.
3. To be unwoven.
[As far as my observation extends, ravel, in the United States, is used only in the second sense above, viz. to unweave, to separate the texture of that which is woven or knit; so that ravel and unravel are with us always synonymous. etymology proves this to be the true sense of the word ravel. ]

 

RAVELED

pp. Twisted together; made intricate; disentangled.

 

RAVELIN

n. In fortification, a detached work with two faces which make a salient angle, without any flanks, and raised before the counterscarp, of the place. In this it differs from a half moon, which is placed before an angle.

 

RAVELING

ppr. Twisting or weaving; untwisting; disentangling.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAVEL

Rav "el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Raveling or Ravelling. ] Etym: [. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.]

 

1. To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking. Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. Shak.

 

2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

 

3. 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 he not 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.

 

RAVEL

RAVEL Rav "el, v. i.

 

1. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.

 

2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs. ] Till, by their own perplexities involved, They ravel more, still less resolved. Milton.

 

3. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern. [Obs. ] The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters. Sir W. Temple.

 

RAVELER

Rav "el *er, n. Etym: [Also raveller.]

 

Defn: One who ravels.

 

RAVELIN

Rave "lin, n. Etym: [F.; cf. Sp. rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino;perhaps fr. L. re- again + vallum wall. ] (Fort. )

 

Defn: A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.

 

RAVELING

Rav "el *ing, n. Etym: [Also ravelling. ]

 

1. The act of untwisting, or of disentangling.

 

2. That which is raveled out; esp. , a thread detached from a texture.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ravel

rav el |ˈravəl ˈrævəl | ▶verb ( ravels, raveling , raveled ; Brit. ravels, ravelling, ravelled ) [ with obj. ] 1 (ravel something out ) untangle or unravel something: Davy had finished raveling out his herring net | figurative : sleep raveled out the tangles of his mind. 2 confuse or complicate (a question or situation ). ▶noun rare a tangle, cluster, or knot: a lovely yellow ravel of sunflowers. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse ’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle. ’

 

Ravel, Maurice

Rav el, Maurice |rəˈvel rəˈvɛl | (1875 –1937 ), French composer; full name Maurice Joseph Ravel. His works, which are noted for their colorful orchestration, have a distinctive tone and make use of unresolved dissonances. Notable works: Daphnis and Chloë (1912 ) and Boléro (1928 ).

 

ravelin

rave lin |ˈravlən ˈrævlən | ▶noun historical an outwork of fortifications, with two faces forming a salient angle, constructed beyond the main ditch and in front of the curtain. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, from obsolete Italian ravellino, of unknown origin.

 

raveling

rav el ing |ˈrav (ə )liNG ˈrævəlɪŋ | ▶noun a thread from a woven or knitted fabric that has frayed or started to unravel.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ravel

ravel |ˈrav (ə )l | ▶verb ( ravels, ravelling, ravelled; US ravels, raveling, raveled ) 1 [ with obj. ] (ravel something out ) untangle something: Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net. 2 [ no obj. ] unravel; fray. 3 [ with obj. ] confuse or complicate (a question or situation ). ▶noun a tangle, cluster, or knot: a ravel of knitting. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse ’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle ’.

 

Ravel, Maurice

Ravel, Maurice |raˈvɛl, French ʀavɛl | (1875 –1937 ), French composer; full name Maurice Joseph Ravel. His works are somewhat impressionistic in style, employing colourful orchestration and unresolved dissonances. Notable works: the ballets Daphnis and Chloë (1912 ) and Boléro (1928 ) and the orchestral work La Valse (1920 ).

 

ravelin

ravelin |ˈravlɪn | ▶noun historical an outwork of fortifications, with two faces forming a salient angle, constructed beyond the main ditch and in front of the curtain. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, from obsolete Italian ravellino, of unknown origin.

 

ravelling

ravel |ling |ˈrav (ə )lɪŋ | ▶noun a thread from a woven or knitted fabric that has frayed or started to unravel.

 

Duden Dictionary

Ravel

Ra vel Eigenname |Rav e l |französischer Komponist

 

Ravelin

Ra ve lin Substantiv, maskulin früher , der |ravəˈlɛ̃ː |der Ravelin; Genitiv: des Ravelins, Plural: die Ravelins italienisch-französisch Außenwerk vor den Kurtinen 1 älterer Festungen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Ravel

Ra vel /rævél /名詞 ラヴェル 〘Maurice Joseph ～, 1875 --1937; フランスの作曲家 〙.

 

ravel

rav el /rǽv (ə )l /動詞 ～s ; ～ed , ｟英 ｠～led ; ～ing , ｟英 ｠～ling 自動詞 ほどける ; もつれる ; 混乱する .他動詞 1 …をもつれさせる ; 〈質問 問題など 〉を混乱させる, 複雑にする .2 〈糸など 〉をほどく (out ).名詞 C もつれ ; 混乱 ; ほつれ糸 .