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    RAVELLING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabricplay

    Synonyms:

    raveling; ravelling

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("ravelling" is a kind of...):

    fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

    Holonyms ("ravelling" is a substance of...):

    lint (fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers)

    Derivation:

    ravel (disentangle)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb ravel

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