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Meaning of 'tangle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tangle [ n.]
- 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.
- To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
- Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
2 . 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.
- 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.
3 . Tangle [ v. i.]
- To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

Meaning of 'tangle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tangle [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something jumbled or confused
Example in sentence:
  • a tangle of government regulations
Meaning (2):
- a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
Example in sentence:
  • they carved their way through the tangle of vines
3 . tangle [ v]
Meaning (3):
- tangle or complicate
Example in sentence:
  • a ravelled story
Meaning (4):
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Example in sentence:
  • don't drag me into this business;
  • They were swept up by the events
Meaning (5):
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
Example in sentence:
  • The child entangled the cord
Meaning (6):
- disarrange or rumple; dishevel
Example in sentence:
  • The strong wind tousled my hair

Nearby Words:

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