TANGLE
\tˈaŋɡə͡l], \tˈaŋɡəl], \t_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_əl]\
Definitions of TANGLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
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To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
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Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
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To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
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Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To knot or snarl; to involve; as, to tangle oneself in excuses.
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To be entangled or involved.
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A knot woven confusedly together; a snarl; a confused and puzzling situation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A knot of things united confusedly: an edible seaweed.
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To unite together confusedly: to interweave: to insnare.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To intertwine confusedly; snarl.
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A confused intertwining, as of thread; confusion.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A knot of threads or other things united confusedly, and not easily disengaged; a kind of sea-weed. See Weed.
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To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave; to insnare; to embarrass.
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To be entangled.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To knit together confusedly, as thread; so to interweave as to make it difficult to unravel.
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A quantity of thread or other things confusedly intermingled.
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A broad-leaved sea-weed having long ribbon-shaped fronds, of a leathery colour and consistence, found growing under low-water mark; oarweed.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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