Definition of tangle

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Tangle (n.) To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies..

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Untwine :: Untwine (v. t.) To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie..
Entangle :: Entangle (v. t.) To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers..
Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus)..
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp..
Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To entangle, as in a net; to catch..
Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race..
Pentangle :: Pentangle (n.) A pentagon.
Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle..
Coil :: Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
Simple :: Simple (a.) Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks..
Perplexed :: Perplexed (a.) Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious..
Immersed :: Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
Unentangle :: Unentangle (v. t.) To disentangle.
Embroil :: Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
Implicit :: Implicit (a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.
Immesh :: Immesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare..
Intricate :: Intricate (a.) Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc..
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle..
Plica :: Plica (v.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches..
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