Definition of tangle

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Tangle (v.) 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..

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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).
Elf :: Elf (v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do..
Strap-shaped :: Strapple (v. t.) To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle..
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..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Tangle :: Tangle (v. i.) To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
Snarl :: Snarl (v. t.) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread..
Tangly :: Tangly (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed..
Rectangled :: Rectangled (a.) Rectangular.
Dangleberry :: Dangleberry (n.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward..
Tangled :: Tangled (imp. & p. p.) of Tangl.
Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
Coil :: Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
Knot :: Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled..
Snare :: Snare (n.) Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble..
Implex :: Implex (a.) Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.
Ensnarl :: Ensnarl (v. t.) To entangle.
Enlace :: Enlace (v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, 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..
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