Tangle Definition

tănggəl
tangled, tangles, tangling
verb
tangled, tangles, tangling
To hinder, obstruct, or confuse by or as by covering, circling, entwining, etc.
Webster's New World
To mix together or intertwine in a confused mass; snarl.
The fishing lines from the two boats were tangled.
American Heritage
To catch or ensnare in an intertwined or confused mass.
A turtle was tangled in the fishing net.
American Heritage
To fight, quarrel, or argue.
Webster's New World
To catch in or as in a net or snare; trap.
Webster's New World
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noun
tangles
An intertwisted, confused mass of things, as string, branches, etc.; snarl.
Webster's New World
A jumbled, confused condition.
Webster's New World
A perplexed state.
Webster's New World
A fight, quarrel, or argument.
Webster's New World
Any of several large edible seaweeds, especially a kelp.
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Other Word Forms of Tangle

Noun

Singular:
tangle
Plural:
tangles

Origin of Tangle

  • Middle English tangilen to involve in an embarrassing situation variant of tagilen probably of Scandinavian origin Swedish dialectal taggla to entangle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic þöngull.

    From Wiktionary

  • Of Scandinavian origin Old Norse thöngull seaweed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin uncertain; apparently a variant form of tagle.

    From Wiktionary

Tangle Sentence Examples

  • He was sure by now it was a brown tangle, ready for the trash heap.

  • The commander-in-chief's first duty was to create a field army out of the tangle of units in Cape Colony.

  • In the densest forests the trees, struggling through the tangle of underwood to the light, are often 150 ft.

  • It seemed almost as if his wits were sharpened into a keener edge by his very difficulties; but since he condemned on principle every war which was not strictly defensive, and it had fallen to his lot to guide a comparatively small power, he always preferred the way of negotiation, even sometimes where the diplomatic tangle would perhaps best have been severed boldly by the sword.

  • We are disposed to agree with the Brazilian historian Constancio that Maranon is derived from the Spanish word marana, a tangle, a snarl, which well represents the bewildering difficulties which the earlier explorers met in navigating not only the entrance to the Amazon, but the whole island-bordered, river-cut and indented coast of the now Brazilian province of Maranhao.

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Words Starting With

TTATAN

Words Ending With

ELEGLE

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Words Starting With T and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With E