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Tangle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tangle?
[n] something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
[n] a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines" [v] twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [v] disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair" [v] tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [v] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tangle: dishevel | drag | drag in | embroil | entangle | knot | mat | maze | ravel | snarl | snarl | sweep | sweep up | tousle Related Terms | Find terms related to Tangle: See Also | disarrange | distort | enlace | enmesh | ensnarl | entwine | felt | hair ball | hairball | interlace | intertwine | involve | lace | mesh | natural object | perplexity | shag | trichobezoar | twine | twist Tangle In Webster's Dictionary \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to
twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.]
1. To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or
interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to
unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in
lies. ``Tangled in amorous nets.'' --Milton.
When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden
ways. --Crashaw.
\Tan"gle\, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. \Tan"gle\, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See {Kelp}. Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. 2. [From {Tangle}, v.] A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively. 3. pl. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. {Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}. {Tangle picker} (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] |
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