ravel
verb (used with object)
to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
has raveled
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present perfectof ravel (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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These were reciprocal sources of strength as recently as in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Yet that intertwining of beliefs has raveled out swiftly in our time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grandmother has raveled it out several times because I dropped stitches.
From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Richards, Caroline Cowles
