'Tangle' definitions:

Definition of 'tangle'

From: WordNet
noun
A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
noun
Something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
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" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in]
verb
Tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]
verb
Disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair" [syn: tousle, dishevel, tangle]
verb
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat, snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]

Definition of 'Tangle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tangle'

From: GCIDE
  • Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tangle'

From: GCIDE
  • Tangle \Tan"gle\, n.
  • 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See Tang seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See Kelp. [1913 Webster]
  • Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Blue tangle. (Bot.)See Dangleberry.
  • Tangle picker (Zool.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tangle'

From: Moby Thesaurus