Definitions from Wiktionary (Ravel)

▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
▸ verb:  (also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.
▸ verb:  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.
▸ verb:  (figuratively)
▸ verb:  To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
▸ verb:  (archaic) Often followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
▸ verb:  (programming) In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  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.
▸ verb:  (also figuratively) Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
▸ verb:  (archaic or obsolete) To become entangled or snarled.
▸ noun:  (chiefly literary or Scotland)
▸ noun:  A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.
▸ noun:  (also figuratively) A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.
▸ noun:  A male given name.

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