| tangle | | |
| n. (object) | 1. tangle | a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven.; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines" |
| ~ natural object | an object occurring naturally; not made by man. |
| ~ hair ball, hairball, trichobezoar | a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur). |
| ~ shag | a matted tangle of hair or fiber.; "the dog's woolly shag" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. maze, snarl, tangle | something jumbled or confused.; "a tangle of government regulations" |
| ~ perplexity | trouble or confusion resulting from complexity. |
| v. (stative) | 3. drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
| v. (contact) | 4. knot, ravel, tangle | tangle or complicate.; "a ravelled story" |
| ~ enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, entwine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| v. (contact) | 5. dishevel, tangle, tousle | disarrange or rumple; dishevel.; "The strong wind tousled my hair" |
| ~ disarrange | destroy the arrangement or order of.; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk" |
| v. (contact) | 6. entangle, mat, snarl, tangle | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.; "The child entangled the cord" |
| ~ distort, twine, twist | form into a spiral shape.; "The cord is all twisted" |
| ~ felt | mat together and make felt-like.; "felt the wool" |
| ~ enmesh, ensnarl, mesh | entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh. |
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