Tangle
WordNet
noun
(1) Something jumbled or confused
"A tangle of government regulations"
(2) A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
"They carved their way through the tangle of vines"
verb
(3) Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
"The child entangled the cord"
(4) Disarrange or rumple; dishevel
"The strong wind tousled my hair"
(5) Tangle or complicate
"A ravelled story"
(6) 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"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From } < , diminutive of .
Noun
- a tangled twisted mass
- a complicated or confused state or condition
- I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
- an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
- A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
Synonyms
knot, mess, snarl maze, snarl argument, conflict, dispute, fightVerb
- to become mixed together or intertwined
- Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
- to be forced into some kind of situation
- to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
- Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
- He tangled with the law.
- to mix together or intertwine
- to catch and hold