raveling (out)

verb

variants or ravelling (out)
Definition of raveling (out)next
present participle of ravel (out)
as in fraying
to separate the various strands of since the sweater is too small, you could ravel the yarn out and make something else with it

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  1. fraying
  2. unraveling
  3. smoothing
  4. disentangling
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  • And cheaper polo belts are stitched with shorter pieces of thread which will unravel over time, creating a fraying effect—but the best quality belts are stitched from longer pieces of thread which won’t unravel.
    Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Now imagine the fingers are fraying at the tips, like old rope, and that your arm is disconcertingly thin.
    Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of fraying
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  • The old friends reunite to investigate Jason’s death, slowly unraveling a plot with global consequences and unleashing carnage across the city.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Goines is the mad son of a top virologist who turns out to be a key to unraveling the origin of the virus.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of unraveling
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  • Editors and dermatologists alike love it for its fine line–smoothing powers, along with its ability to dramatically lighten dark spots caused by sun damage.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This oil is also spiked with rice bran oil, which is rich in skin-smoothing antioxidants.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of smoothing
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  • Patel has talked about disentangling the FBI’s intelligence-gathering operations — now a core function of the bureau’s mandate — from the rest of its operations.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
  • For conditions like obesity, neurodegenerative disease (like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases), and some psychiatric diseases (like depression), disentangling cause from effect is more challenging.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of disentangling
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“Raveling (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveling%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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