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tangle

('t/&//N/g/@/l )

a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven(noun.object)

Example:
They carved their way through the tangle of vines.

source: wordnet30
something jumbled or confused(noun.cognition)

Example:
A tangle of government regulations.

Synonym:
maze, snarl

source: wordnet30
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.(noun)

source: webster1913

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action(verb.stative)

Synonym:
drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up

source: wordnet30
tangle or complicate(verb.contact)

Synonym:
knot, ravel
Antonym:
ravel, ravel out, unravel

source: wordnet30
disarrange or rumple; dishevel(verb.contact)

Synonym:
dishevel, tousle

source: wordnet30
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass(verb.contact)

Example:
The child entangled the cord.

Synonym:
entangle, mat, snarl
Antonym:
disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.(verb)

source: webster1913

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