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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Elf :: Elf (v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do..
Quincunx :: Quincunx (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions..
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
Rectangled :: Rectangled (a.) Rectangular.
Tangly :: Tangly (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed..
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery..
Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled.
Embarrassment :: Embarrassment (n.) A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies..
Intrication :: Intrication (n.) Entanglement.
Snare :: Snare (n.) A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin..
Extrication :: Extrication (n.) The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To entangle, as in a net; to catch..
Bewilderment :: Bewilderment (n.) A bewildering tangle or confusion.
Entrammel :: Entrammel (v. t.) To trammel; to entangle.
Immesh :: Immesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare..
Inextricable :: Inextricable (a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion..
Oarsweed :: Oarsweed (n.) Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.
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