Definition of ravel

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Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern..

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Grit :: Grit (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Wayfare :: Wayfare (n.) The act of journeying; travel; passage.
Steam :: Steam (v. i.) To move or travel by the agency of steam.
Plunder :: Plunder (v. t.) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers..
Raveled :: Raveled (imp. & p. p.) of Rave.
Unbraid :: Unbraid (v. t.) To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle..
Peddle :: Peddle (v. i.) To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river)..
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil..
Highroad :: Highroad (n.) A highway; a much traveled or main road.
Howadji :: Howadji (n.) A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.
Founderous :: Founderous (a.) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel..
Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..
Travel :: Travel (v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Turkish man-of-war.
Gravely :: Gravely (adv.) In a grave manner.
Redoubt :: Redoubt (n.) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin..
Caird :: Caird (n.) A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.
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