1. ravel - Noun
2. ravel - Verb
3. Ravel - Proper noun
To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
To fall into perplexity and confusion.
To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf you could just ravel out into time. That would be nice. It would be nice if you could just ravel out into time. William Faulkner
I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. Esa-Pekka Salonen
How do our lives ravel out into the no-wind, no-sound, the weary gestures wearily recapitulant: echoes of old compulsions with no-hand on no-string: in sunset we fall into furious attitudes, dead gestures of dolls. William Faulkner
Many favors which God giveth us ravel out for want of hemming, through our own unthankfulness; for though prayer purchaseth blessings, giving praise doth keep the quiet possession of them. Thomas Fuller
There is a definite limit to the length of time a composer can go on writing in one dance rhythm (this limit is obviously reached by Ravel towards the end of La Valse and towards the beginning of Bolero). Constant Lambert
You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. Maurice Ravel