English Dictionary: tangle | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tangle \Tan"gle\, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn][94]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See {Kelp}. Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. 2. [From {Tangle}, 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. 3. pl. 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. {Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}. {Tangle picker} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.] 1. 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. 2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. [bd]Tangled in amorous nets.[b8] --Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. |