ravel
verb
[ ˈrav(ə)l ]
• untangle or unravel something.
• "Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net"
• unravel; fray.
• "a shirt with a ravelled collar"
• confuse or complicate (a question or situation).
• "I'd prefer you to keep your nose out of my business and not ravel things further"
ravel
noun
• a tangle, cluster, or knot.
• "a ravel of knitting"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle’.
