tangle

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. Source: opted

3. v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. Source: opted

4. n. Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. 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. Source: opted

7. n. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven Source: wordnet

8. n. something jumbled or confused Source: wordnet

9. v. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action Source: wordnet

10. v. tangle or complicate Source: wordnet

11. v. disarrange or rumple; dishevel Source: wordnet

12. v. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass Source: wordnet

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