Ravel

/ˈɹævəl/

Synonyms for "ravel" (119 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Strong matches (36)

dodopedope outembrangleentangleexplainfathomfigure outfind outfind the answerfind the solutionfoul upfraygetget rightgordian knotguessguess righthave ithit it
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hit the nail on the headimplicateinterpretinvolvejungleknotlabyrinthlouse upmake outmazemeander
Verb(1 words)

Related words (59)

meshmessmess upmix upmuckmuck upmuddleopen the lockperplexplumbpsychpsych outpuzzle outramifyravel outresolveriddlerube goldberg contraptionscrew upsnafu
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Verb(3 words)
ravel outtangleunravel

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administrative entanglementbureaucratic tangledisentangleknotmeshprocedural knotsnarltangleunraveluntangle

Collocations

11 entries
edge ravelfabric ravelfiber ravelmaterial ravelravel an issueravel fabricravel into knotsravel the cableravel the threadtextile ravelthread ravel

Inflections

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Derivations

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Antonyms

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Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Maurice Ravel had a nice bike.

Source: tatoeba (458428)

"It's almost — I would not say a positive thing, but it's really helping in taming the more dangerous variants," Ravel said.

Source: tatoeba (10017824)

"We are in a race," Ravel said. "We're fighting this battle constantly, and we just can't put our guard down.”

Source: tatoeba (10017829)

For the faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or ravelled and entangled in weak discourses, or so false and fallacious by its mixture of interest, that though men usually put most confidences in the pretences of faith, yet no pretences are most unreasonable.

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