ravel

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹævl̩/

動詞

他動詞 未分類 比喩的用法 語釈なし 自動詞

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.

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She tried to repair the antique lace, but her clumsy fingers only served to ravel the delicate threads further.

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意味（1）

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

For the faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or ravelled and entangled in weak discourses, or so false and fallacious by its mixture of interest, that though men usually put most confidences in the pretences of faith, yet no pretences are most unreasonable.

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意味（2）

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

[Magazine staffer about his political team:] Pencils at the ready, keen brains agleam behind intelligent horn rims, these experts spread out to ravel the loose ends of White-Housing, web-spinning spiders for [the presidential candidate].

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意味（3）

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.

[Y]ou ſhall haue one vvoman knit more in a hovver then any man can Rauell agen in ſeauen and tvventy yeare.

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意味（4）

(figuratively); (programming) In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.

意味（5）

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.

[G]ive him a broad ſide my brave boyes with your Pikes, branch me his ſkin in Flovvers like a Sattin, and betvveene ever Flovver a mortall cut, your Royalty ſhall ravell, […]

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意味（6）

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

But the real work of the First Thursday Foundation is remembering, and its biggest gift is knitting back together lives raveled by loss.

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意味（7）

(archaic or obsolete) To become entangled or snarled.

[A]s you vnwinde her loue from him; / Least it ſhould rauell, and be good to none, / You muſt prouide to bottome it on me: / Which muſt be done, by praiſing me as much / As you, in worth diſpraiſe, ſir Valentine.

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ravels （ 現在形 単数形 三人称 ）

ravelling （ 分詞 現在形 ）

raveling （ US 分詞 現在形 ）

ravelled （ 分詞 過去形 ）

ravelled （ 過去形 ）

raveled （ US 分詞 過去形 ）

raveled （ US 過去形 ）

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en-conj （ inflection-template ）

ravel （ 不定詞 ）