Tangle
11tangle — [taŋ′gəl] vt. tangled, tangling [ME tanglen, prob. nasalized var. of taglen, to entangle, akin to Swed dial. taggla, to disarrange] 1. to hinder, obstruct, or confuse by or as by covering, circling, entwining, etc. 2. to catch in or as in a net… …
12tangle — I UK [ˈtæŋɡ(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms tangle : singular tangle plural tangles 1) the untidy shape that things make when they are twisted round each other or round something else Her hair had got into a hopeless tangle. a tangle of… …
13tangle — tan|gle1 [ tæŋgl ] noun count 1. ) the messy shape that things make when they are twisted around each other or around something else: Her hair was in a hopeless tangle. a tangle of narrow streets 2. ) a situation that is difficult to deal with… …
14tangle — tan|gle1 [ˈtæŋgəl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] also tangle up to become twisted together, or make something become twisted together, in an untidy mass ▪ My hair tangles easily. ▪ His parachute… …
15tangle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ confused ▪ dense, thick ▪ a dense tangle of undergrowth ▪ complex, vast ▪ …
16tangle — [[t]tæ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]] tangles, tangling, tangled 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way. A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems... There he stood: hair in wild… …
17tangle — I n. to unravel a tangle II v. (colloq.) (d; intr.) ( to quarrel ) to tangle over; with (don t tangle with him) * * * [ tæŋg(ə)l] with (don t tangle with him) (colloq.) (d; intr.) ( to quarrel ) to tangle over to unravel a tangle …
18tangle — 1 verb (I, T) to become twisted together or make something become twisted together in an untidy mass: My hair tangles easily. | tangle sth: Somebody s tangled all these cables under my computer. tangle with sb phrasal verb (T) informal to argue… …
19tangle — 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… …
20tangle — {{11}}tangle (n.) 1610s, a tangled condition, from TANGLE (Cf. tangle) (v.). {{12}}tangle (v.) mid 14c., nasalized variant of tagilen to involve in a difficult situation, entangle, from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Swed. taggla to… …
