raveling
noun
something raveled out, as a thread drawn or separated from a knitted or woven fabric.
ravelling
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a variation of
raveling.
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present participleof ravel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
ravelverb (used with object)to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
Example Sentences
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She was the beginning of several desirable things, but the pattern was in no instance finished, and was always ravelling out on one side or the other.
From From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe
You hadn't any experience in ravelling such things out, and naturally it was too many for you.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain
“Marry, the first were that he was like to have no wife, or she should have amended a corner of his rare slashed sleeve, that was ravelling forth o’ the stitching,” saith she.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
This paste be shaped into a roll or cord around a ravelling from his coat lining, which served as a sort of wick, coiled it closely, and laid it on the branch beside him.
From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various
Often Betty would go to bed and stay awake, watching Victoria at the table, her fingers ravelling her hair, reading with an intentness that frightened her.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
