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Synonyms for ravelings

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rav-uh-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ə lɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for ravelings
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Définition of ravelings

Origin :
  • 1580s, "to untangle, disentangle, unwind" (originally with out), also "to entangle, become tangled or confused," from Dutch ravelen "to tangle, fray," rafelen "to unweave," from rafel "frayed thread." The seemingly contradictory senses of this word (ravel and unravel are both synonyms and antonyms) are reconciled by its roots in weaving and sewing: as threads become unwoven, they get tangled.
  • As in thread : noun fiber
Example sentences :
  • The bandage should be free from ravelings and placed squarely in the hoop.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Cheese » by Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
  • Try at school on some ravelings of garment seams or other materials.
  • Extract from : « Clothing and Health » by Helen Kinne
  • Let them have the pleasure and benefit which come from sorting the ravelings.
  • Extract from : « Hand-Loom Weaving » by Mattie Phipps Todd
  • In darning with thread darn on the wrong side, with ravelings or hair on the right.
  • Extract from : « Handicraft for Girls » by Idabelle McGlauflin
  • With worsted, ravelings or chenille let the child sew once around this circle.
  • Extract from : « Home Occupations for Boys and Girls » by Bertha Johnston
  • They found many women using thorns instead of pins and knitting one pair of stockings with the ravelings of another.
  • Extract from : « In the Days of Poor Richard » by Irving Bacheller
  • It is an effort to save something—a few shreds and patches and ravelings—from the wreck.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • It may leak some, he admitted, but Ill stuff the cracks up with ravelings from the sail cloth, and our clothes that we need least.
  • Extract from : « Tom Fairfield at Sea » by Allen Chapman
  • Also remove any accumulation of dirt or ravelings which catch in the wheels or bearings.
  • Extract from : « Mechanical Devices in the Home » by Edith Louise Allen
  • Trim the edges of the patch smooth and herringbone stitch with ravelings around it.
  • Extract from : « Handicraft for Girls » by Idabelle McGlauflin
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