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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Enlace :: Enlace (v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle..
Entangle :: Entangle (v. t.) To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair..
Extrication :: Extrication (n.) The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
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.
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..
Combing :: Combing (n.) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair..
Intricate :: Intricate (a.) Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc..
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open..
Rectangled :: Rectangled (a.) Rectangular.
Tangled :: Tangled (imp. & p. p.) of Tangl.
Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..
Needlefish :: Needlefish (n.) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish..
Water Flannel :: Water flannel () A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
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..
Immesh :: Immesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare..
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) 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..
Intrication :: Intrication (n.) Entanglement.
Card :: Card (v. t.) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse..
Intertangle :: Intertangle (v. t.) To entangle; to intertwine.
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery..
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