Tangle
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Tangle
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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.
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2 n.
To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
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3 v. i.
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
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4 n.
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
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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.
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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.
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7 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.
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8 n.
To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
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9 v. i.
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
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10 n.
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
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11 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.
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12 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.