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disordered, inextricable, labyrinthine, problematic
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raveled — (US) (or chiefly Brit ravelled) adj a ravelled edge a raveled sleeve • • • Main Entry: ↑ravel … Useful english dictionary
Raveled — Ravel Rav el (r[a^]v l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} ( ld) or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raveled — rav·el || rævl v. unravel, unwind a rope or thread; confuse, perplex, bewilder … English contemporary dictionary
Miss Susie — (also Miss Suzy, Miss Lucy, Miss Molly, When Maxie, Miss Mary, Miss Cassima or Helen ) is the name of an American schoolyard rhyme and clapping game in which almost each verse leads up to a rude word or profanity which is elided into the next… … Wikipedia
Ravel — Rav el (r[a^]v l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} ( ld) or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Raveling — Ravel Rav el (r[a^]v l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} ( ld) or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ravelled — Ravel Rav el (r[a^]v l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} ( ld) or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ravelling — Ravel Rav el (r[a^]v l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} ( ld) or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ravel — [rav′əl] vt. raveled or ravelled, raveling or ravelling [MDu ravelen (Du rafelen), akin to LowG rabbeln, Dan dial. vrøvle: for IE base see RHAPSODY] 1. Now Rare to make complicated or tangled [parts of his argument were all raveled up] 2. to… … English World dictionary
raveling — or ravelling [rav′ə liŋ, rav′liŋ] n. 1. the act of something that ravels or is raveled 2. anything raveled; esp., a thread raveled from knitted or woven material … English World dictionary
