tangle

tangle
tangle1
—tanglement, n. —tangler, n. —tangly, adv.
/tang"geuhl/, v., tangled, tangling, n.
v.t.
1. to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
2. to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows: The bushes were tangled with vines.
3. to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare.
v.i.
4. to be or become tangled.
5. Informal. to come into conflict; fight or argue: I don't want to tangle with him over the new ruling.
n.
6. a tangled condition or situation.
7. a tangled or confused mass or assemblage of something.
8. a confused jumble: a tangle of contradictory statements.
9. Informal. a conflict; disagreement: He got into a tangle with the governor.
[1300-50; ME tangilen, tagilen to entangle < Scand; cf. Sw (dial.) taggla to disarrange]
Syn. 8. snarl, net, labyrinth, maze.
tangle2
/tang"geuhl/, n.
any of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria.
[1530-40; < Scand; cf. ON thongull strand of tangle, Norw tang]

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