raveling
ra vuh ling
- n a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
- v disentangle
- v tangle or complicate
- The novel is set in igth century Italy, and the wit and irony with which it deals with its themesthe raveling aristocracy, the Italian blood mania for landsuggest Giuseppe .
- But can a People's Army stop modern motorcycle troops, whose guns can cut a man in half in two seconds at 100 yards, planes with their nerve-raveling noises?.
- Yet here they all were, these films from Japan, Thailand and mainland China, proceeding briskly, raveling suspensefully, with hardly a lotus leaf or tea ceremony .