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ravelled
(encz) | ravelled, |
Ravelled
(gcide) | Ravel \Rav"el\ (r[a^]v"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld)
or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.]
[OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln,
reffeln.]
1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take
apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed
by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
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Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care.
--Shak.
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2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
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3. To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them
fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make
intricate; to involve.
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What glory's due to him that could divide
Such raveled interests? has the knot untied?
--Waller.
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The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and
indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or
raveled and entangled in weak discourses! --Jer.
Taylor.
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gravelled
(encz) | gravelled, |
ravelled
(encz) | ravelled, |
travelled
(encz) | travelled,cestoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
unravelled
(encz) | unravelled, |
untravelled
(encz) | untravelled, adj: |
Gravelled
(gcide) | Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii.
41 (Rhemish
version).
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Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to
be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in
the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
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Travelled
(gcide) | Travel \Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveledor Travelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] [Properly, to
labor, and the same word as travail.]
1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker.
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2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the
city, or through the streets.
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3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place,
or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his
health; he is traveling in California.
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4. To pass; to go; to move.
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Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Traveled \Trav"eled\, a.
Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience
by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also
travelled.]
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The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. --Byron.
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travelled
(gcide) | Travel \Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveledor Travelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] [Properly, to
labor, and the same word as travail.]
1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker.
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2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the
city, or through the streets.
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3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place,
or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his
health; he is traveling in California.
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4. To pass; to go; to move.
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Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Traveled \Trav"eled\, a.
Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience
by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also
travelled.]
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The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. --Byron.
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travelled
(wn) | travelled
adj 1: familiar with many parts of the world; "a traveled,
educated man"; "well-traveled people" [syn: traveled,
travelled] |
untravelled
(wn) | untravelled
adj 1: not traveled over or through; "untraveled roads" [syn:
untraveled, untravelled] [ant: traveled] |
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