Definition of tangle

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Tangle (v. i.) To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

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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..
Septangle :: Septangle (n.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon.
Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle..
Intertwine :: Intertwine (v. t.) To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
Immesh :: Immesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare..
Disentangle :: Disentangle (v. t.) To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
Extricate :: Extricate (v. t.) To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc..
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..
Cespitose :: Cespitose (a.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots..
Snarl :: Snarl (n.) A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty..
Soluble :: Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble..
Disinvolve :: Disinvolve (v. t.) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp..
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.
Unentangle :: Unentangle (v. t.) To disentangle.
Perplexed :: Perplexed (a.) Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious..
Card :: Card (v. t.) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse..
Simple :: Simple (a.) Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks..
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..
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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