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- English Word Rave Definition To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.
- English Word Raved Definition of Rave
- English Word Ravehook Definition A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.
- English Word Ravel Definition 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.
- English Word Ravel Definition To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
- English Word Ravel Definition 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.
- English Word Ravel Definition To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
- English Word Ravel Definition To fall into perplexity and confusion.
- English Word Ravel Definition To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
- English Word Raveled Definition of Ravel
- English Word Raveler Definition One who ravels.
- English Word Ravelin Definition A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon.
- English Word Raveling Definition of Ravel
- English Word Raveling Definition The act of untwisting or of disentangling.
- English Word Raveling Definition That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
- English Word Ravelled Definition of Ravel
- English Word Ravelling Definition of Ravel
- English Word Raven Definition A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.
- English Word Raven Definition Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
- English Word Raven Definition Rapine; rapacity.