ravel

1. (transitive)To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.

   tangle or complicate

2. (also, figuratively, transitive)Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.

3. (transitive)To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.

   распуска́тьraspuskátʹ, распу́тыватьraspútyvatʹ

4. (figuratively, transitive)To confuse or perplex (someone or something).

5. (transitive)In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.

6. (intransitive)Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.

7. (also, figuratively, intransitive)Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.

8. (archaic, figuratively, transitive)Often followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.

9. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.

10. (archaic, intransitive, obsolete)To become entangled or snarled.

1. John was raveling in the attention.

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2. Maurice Ravel had a nice bike.

   ruУ Мориса Равеля был симпатичный велосипед.

   deMaurice Ravel hatte ein schönes Fahrrad.

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

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

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