Definition of tangle

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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..

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Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
Befoul :: Befoul (a.) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
Disintricate :: Disintricate (v. t.) To disentangle.
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..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve..
Perplex :: Perplex (a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts..
Evolve :: Evolve (v. t.) To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus)..
Tangly :: Tangly (a.) Entangled; intricate.
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..
Foul :: Foul (n.) An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race..
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.
Tanglefish :: Tanglefish (n.) The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe..
Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To disentangle.
Untwist :: Untwist (v. t.) To untie; to open; to disentangle.
Disentangle :: Disentangle (v. t.) To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
Insnarl :: Insnarl (v. t.) To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.
Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
Illaqueate :: Illaqueate (v. t.) To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.
Per- :: Per- () A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to entangle very much..
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