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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tan•gle1 /ˈtæŋgəl/USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling, n. v. - to (cause to) be brought together into a mass of confused parts or strands;
entangle: [~ + object]The wind tangled the girl's long hair.[no object]Those puppet strings tangle too easily. - to involve in something that prevents freedom of movement:[~ + object]The bushes were tangled with vines.
- to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare:[~ + object]tangled in a web of lies.
- Informal Terms to come into conflict;
fight or argue:[no object]I don't want to be around when those two tangle.
n. [countable] - a tangled situation;
a tangled mass:The deer was caught in a tangle of vines. - a confused mess;
maze:a tangle of lies and contradictions. - Informal Termsa conflict;
disagreement:I got into a tangle with the manager.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tan•gle1 (tang′gəl),USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling, n. v.t. - to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts;
snarl. - to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows:The bushes were tangled with vines.
- to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare.
v.i. - to be or become tangled.
- Informal Termsto come into conflict;
fight or argue:I don't want to tangle with him over the new ruling.
n. - a tangled condition or situation.
- a tangled or confused mass or assemblage of something.
- a confused jumble:a tangle of contradictory statements.
- Informal Termsa conflict;
disagreement:He got into a tangle with the governor.
- Scandinavian; compare Swedish (dialect, dialectal) taggla to disarrange
- Middle English tangilen, tagilen to entangle 1300–50
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged snarl, net, labyrinth, maze.
tan•gle2 (tang′gəl),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology, Microbiologyany of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria.
- Scandinavian; compare Old Norse thǫngull strand of tangle, Norwegian tang
- 1530–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tangle /ˈtæŋɡəl/ n - a confused or complicated mass of hairs, lines, fibres, etc, knotted or coiled together
- a complicated problem, condition, or situation
vb - to become or cause to become twisted together in a confused mass
- (intransitive) often followed by with: to come into conflict; contend
- (transitive) to involve in matters which hinder or confuse
- (transitive) to ensnare or trap, as in a net
Etymology: 14th Century tangilen, variant of tagilen, probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish dialect taggla to entangleˈtangly adj |