Ra·vel (r -v l , rä-), (Joseph) Maurice 1875-1937. French composer of impressionistic operas, ballets, orchestral works, such as Boléro (1928), and piano works, including Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917). |
rav·el (r vl)v. rav·eled also rav·elled, rav·el·ing also rav·el·ling, rav·els also rav·els v.tr. 1. To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); unravel. 2. To clarify by separating the aspects of. 3. To tangle or complicate. v.intr. 1. To become separated into its component threads; unravel or fray. 2. To become tangled or confused. n. 1. A raveling. 2. A broken or discarded thread. 3. A tangle. [Obsolete Dutch ravelen, from ravel, loose thread.] rav el·er, ravel·ler n. |
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