"ravels" in the noun sense
1. Ravel, Maurice Ravel
French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
2. run, ladder, ravel
a row of unravelled stitches
"she got a run in her stocking"
"ravels" in the verb sense
1. ravel, unravel, ravel out
disentangle
"can you unravel the mystery?"
2. ravel, tangle, knot
tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"
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