Lexic.us

Definition of Tangle

1. Verb. Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. "Don't drag me into this business"

2. Noun. A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven. "They carved their way through the tangle of vines"

3. Verb. Tangle or complicate. "A ravelled story"

4. Noun. Something jumbled or confused. "A tangle of government regulations"

5. Verb. Disarrange or rumple; dishevel. "The strong wind tousled my hair"

6. Verb. Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass. "They tangle their hair "; "The child entangled the cord"

Definition of Tangle

1. v. t. 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. v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

3. n. Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.

Definition of Tangle

1. Verb. (intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) to be forced into some kind of situation ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) to mix together or intertwine ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) to catch and hold ¹

6. Noun. a tangled twisted mass ¹

7. Noun. a complicated or confused state or condition ¹

8. Noun. an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight ¹

9. Noun. (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times. ¹

10. Noun. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of ''Laminaria''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tangle

1. to bring together in intricate confusion [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]

Medical Definition of Tangle

1. A small irregular knot. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangle

tangible tangibleness tangiblenesses tangibles tangibly tangie tangientially tangier disease tangies tangiest

tanginess tanginesses tanging tangis tangle (current term) tangle orchid tangle with tanglebush tangled tangled nest spider

tangled nest spiders tangledly tangledness tanglefish tanglefoot tanglement tanglements tangleproof tangler

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