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tangle

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tangle  \Tan"gle\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  entangled  or  united  confusedly;  to  get  in  a  tangle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tangle  \Tan"gle\,  n. 
  1.  [Cf.  Icel.  [thorn]["o]ngull.  See  {Tang}  seaweed.]  (Bot.) 
  Any  large  blackish  seaweed,  especially  the  {Laminaria 
  saccharina}.  See  {Kelp}. 
 
  Coral  and  sea  fan  and  tangle,  the  blooms  and  the 
  palms  of  the  ocean.  --C.  Kingsley. 
 
  2.  [From  {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. 
 
  3.  pl  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. 
 
  {Blue  tangle}.  (Bot.)See  {Dangleberry}. 
 
  {Tangle  picker}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  turnstone.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tangle  \Tan"gle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tangled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tangling}.]  [A  frequentative  fr  tang  seaweed;  hence  to 
  twist  like  seaweed.  See  {Tang}  seaweed,  and  cf  {Tangle},  n.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  To  involve;  to  insnare;  to  entrap;  as  to  be  tangled  in 
  lies.  ``Tangled  in  amorous  nets.''  --Milton. 
 
  When  my  simple  weakness  strays,  Tangled  in  forbidden 
  ways.  --Crashaw. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tangle 
  n  1:  a  twisted  and  tangled  mass  that  is  highly  interwoven;  "they 
  carved  their  way  through  the  tangle  of  vines" 
  2:  something  jumbled  or  confused  [syn:  {complication},  {snarl}] 
  v  1:  force  into  some  kind  of  situation,  condition,  or  course  of 
  action  "They  were  swept  up  by  the  events";  "don't  drag 
  me  into  this  business"  [syn:  {embroil},  {sweep},  {sweep 
  up},  {drag},  {drag  in}] 
  2:  tangle  or  complicate;  "a  ravelled  story"  [syn:  {ravel},  {knot}] 
  [ant:  {unravel},  {unravel}] 
  3:  disarrange  or  rumple;  dishevel;  "The  strong  wind  tousled  my 
  hair"  [syn:  {tousle},  {dishevel}] 
  4:  twist  together  or  entwine  into  a  confusing  mass;  "The  child 
  entangled  the  cord"  [syn:  {entangle},  {mat},  {snarl}] 
  [ant:  {disentangle},  {disentangle}]




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