'Tangle' definitions:
Definition of 'tangle'
(from WordNet)
noun
A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
noun
verb
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" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in]
verb
Tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]
verb
verb
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat, snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]
Definition of 'Tangle'
From: GCIDE
- Tangle \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tangle'
From: GCIDE
- Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tangle'
From: GCIDE
- Tangle \Tan"gle\, n.
- 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See Tang seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See Kelp. [1913 Webster]
- Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Blue tangle. (Bot.)See Dangleberry.
- Tangle picker (Zool.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tangle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a outrance,
- absorb,
- allure,
- bag,
- bait the hook,
- ball up,
- bandy with,
- battle,
- battle it out,
- birdlime,
- bump heads,
- burden,
- can of worms,
- catch,
- catch out,
- catch up,
- catch up in,
- Chinese puzzle,
- coil,
- come up against,
- complex,
- complexity,
- complicate,
- complication,
- concern,
- confound,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- contend with,
- cope with,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cross swords with,
- cumber,
- decoy,
- disagree with,
- dispute,
- draw in,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- embroil,
- encumber,
- engage,
- engage with,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entanglement,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- enweb,
- exchange shots,
- fetter,
- fight against,
- fight like devils,
- fight with,
- foul,
- foul up,
- gin,
- gnarl,
- go to loggerheads,
- Gordian knot,
- grapple with,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- harpoon,
- have it out,
- hobble,
- hook,
- hook in,
- impede,
- implicate,
- interest,
- interlace,
- intertwine,
- intertwist,
- interweave,
- inveigle,
- involve,
- jam,
- jumble,
- jungle,
- kink,
- knot,
- labyrinth,
- lame,
- land,
- lasso,
- lime,
- lock horns,
- louse up,
- lumber,
- lure,
- maze,
- meander,
- measure swords with,
- medley,
- mesh,
- mess,
- mess up,
- mishmash,
- mix up,
- mix-up,
- morass,
- muck,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- nail,
- net,
- noose,
- perplex,
- press down,
- puzzle,
- ramify,
- ravel,
- rope,
- Rube Goldberg contraption,
- sack,
- saddle with,
- scramble,
- screw up,
- settle it,
- shackle,
- shuffle,
- skein,
- snafu,
- snag,
- snake pit,
- snare,
- snarl,
- snarl up,
- sniggle,
- spear,
- spread the toils,
- strive with,
- struggle with,
- suck into,
- take,
- tangle up with,
- tangle with,
- tangled skein,
- tilt with,
- toil,
- trammel,
- trap,
- trip,
- try conclusions with,
- twist,
- web,
- webwork,
- weigh down,
- wheels within wheels,
- wilderness,
- wind,
- wrestle with