ALL meanings of tangle
tan·gle
T t - verb with object tangle to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl. 1
- verb with object tangle to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows: The bushes were tangled with vines. 1
- verb with object tangle to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare. 1
- verb without object tangle to be or become tangled. 1
- verb without object tangle Informal. to come into conflict; fight or argue: I don't want to tangle with him over the new ruling. 1
- noun tangle any of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria. 1
- noun tangle wires, cables 1
- noun tangle hair 1
- noun tangle confused situation 1
- noun tangle confused mass of sth 1
- noun tangle jumble 1
- noun tangle argument 1
- countable noun tangle A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way. 0
- verb tangle If something is tangled or tangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way. 0
- singular noun tangle You can refer to a confusing or complicated situation as a tangle. 0
- verb tangle If ideas or situations are tangled, they become confused and complicated. 0
- noun tangle a confused or complicated mass of hairs, lines, fibres, etc, knotted or coiled together 0
- noun tangle a complicated problem, condition, or situation 0
- verb tangle to become or cause to become twisted together in a confused mass 0
- verb tangle to come into conflict; contend 0
- verb tangle to involve in matters which hinder or confuse 0
- verb tangle to ensnare or trap, as in a net 0
- verb transitive tangle to hinder, obstruct, or confuse by or as by covering, circling, entwining, etc. 0
- verb transitive tangle to catch in or as in a net or snare; trap 0
- verb transitive tangle to make a knot or snarl of; intertwist 0
- intransitive verb tangle to become tangled 0
- intransitive verb tangle to fight, quarrel, or argue 0
- noun tangle an intertwisted, confused mass of things, as string, branches, etc.; snarl 0
- noun tangle a jumbled, confused condition 0
- noun tangle a perplexed state 0
- noun tangle a fight, quarrel, or argument 0