rav·el ˈravəl/Submit verb verb: ravel; 3rd person present: ravels; past tense: ravelled; past participle: ravelled; gerund or present participle: ravelling; past tense: raveled; past participle: raveled; gerund or present participle: raveling 1. untangle or unravel something. "Davy had finished raveling out his herring net" 2. confuse or complicate (a question or situation). nounrare noun: ravel; plural noun: ravels 1. a tangle, cluster, or knot. "a lovely yellow ravel of sunflowers" I just found this out today, and I'm so mad about this. [b]Ravel and Unravel are synonyms.[/b]