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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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..
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out..
Red :: Red (v. t.) To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house..
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.
Embrangle :: Embrangle (v. t.) To confuse; 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..
Intertangle :: Intertangle (v. t.) To entangle; to intertwine.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Extrication :: Extrication (n.) The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
Untangle :: Untangle (v. t.) To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread..
Plica :: Plica (v.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches..
Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
Entangler :: Entangler (n.) One that entangles.
Foul :: Foul (n.) An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race..
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..
Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..
Snare :: Snare (n.) Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble..
Tangled :: Tangled (imp. & p. p.) of Tangl.
Involution :: Involution (n.) The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
Web :: Web (v. t.) To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle..
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