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tangle

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) tangle (verb)
  2. 2) tangle (noun)
  3. 3) tangle (noun)
  4. tangle-legs (noun plural but singular or plural in constructrion)
  5. tangle net (noun)
  6. tangle-tail (noun)
  7. blue tangle (noun)
  8. deep-sea tangle (noun)
  9. neurofibrillary tangle (noun)
  10. sea tangle (noun)
  11. sweet tangle (noun)

1tan·gle

verb \ˈtaŋ-gəl\
tan·gledtan·gling\-g(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of TANGLE

transitive verb
1
: to involve so as to hamper, obstruct, or embarrass
2
: to seize and hold in or as if in a snare : entrap
3
: to unite or knit together in intricate confusion
intransitive verb
1
: to interact in a contentious or conflicting way
2
: to become entangled
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Examples of TANGLE

  1. This fishing line tangles easily.
  2. <was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone>

Origin of TANGLE

Middle English tanglen, tagilen, probably short for entanglen, from Anglo-French entagler, entangler to prosecute (for), implicate
First Known Use: 14th century

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Rhymes with TANGLE

angle, bangle, dangle, jangle, mangel, mangle, spangle, strangle, wangle, wrangle

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