A tangle is a jumble. You might have a tangle of cords behind your computer or a tangle of complications related to your taxes. Whatever it is, once something is in a tangle, it's difficult to sort out.
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.
Noun
something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
Noun
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
Verb
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
Verb
disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
Verb
tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
Verb
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"
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.
n.
To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in
lies.
v. i.
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a
tangle.
n.
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria
saccharina. See Kelp.
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.
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.
Tangle
When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways.
Tangle
Tangle
Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean.2.
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.
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the
Usage Examples
Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.
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