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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Water Flannel :: Water flannel () A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
Entangled :: Entangled (imp. & p. p.) of Entangl.
Implicit :: Implicit (a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.
Coil :: Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
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..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
Embroilment :: Embroilment (n.) The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil..
Intertangle :: Intertangle (v. t.) To entangle; to intertwine.
Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
Combing :: Combing (n.) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair..
Unclue :: Unclue (v. t.) To unwind; to untangle.
Inextricable :: Inextricable (a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion..
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..
Afoul :: Afoul (adv. & a.) In collision; entangled.
Tangly :: Tangly (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed..
Disengage :: Disengage (v. t.) To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study..
Retiary :: Retiary (a.) Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle..
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..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
Solution :: Solution (n.) The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process..
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