To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle. / (also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.

A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle. / (figuratively) A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.

A tangled mess; a decomposition. / (programming) In the APL programming language: the act of reshaping a variable into a vector.

present participle of ravel

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravel

Entwined together; tangled. / Unravelled; frayed. / (figuratively) Complicated; confused; involved. / (programming) Of a variable in the APL programming language: which has been reshaped into a vector.

Of bread: made from flour and bran.

simple past tense and past participle of ravel

Alternative form of ravelling

present participle of ravel