tangle.
To mix together or intertwine.
Meaning & usage
To mix together or intertwine.
To become mixed together or intertwined.
Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
He tangled with the law.
To catch and hold.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.
A tangled twisted mass.
A complicated or confused state or condition.
I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.
Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
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.
Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
Where this word comes from
Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang. See also Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic þöngull.
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