Meaning of tangle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tangled twisted mass.
2. A barangay of Mexico, Pampanga, Philippines.
3. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
   countable, uncountable
4. A complicated or confused state or condition.
5. Any of several large edible seaweeds, especially a kelp.
6. 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.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
7. any of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria.
8. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
9. Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
   Scotland, countable, uncountable
10. an untidy, confused or knotted state. The child's hair was in a tangle. koek تَشابُك، تَعَقُّد бъркотия confusão spleť, změť das Gewirr sammenfiltret klump μπέρδεμαdesorden, maraña, enredo sasipundar آشفتگی؛ گوریدگی sotku désordre, masse enchevêtrée פקעת पुंज zamršenost, zapletenost gubanc kusut flækja groviglio arruffato もつれ 얽힌 상태 raizginys juceklis; ērkulis kusut verwarringfloke, sammenfiltret masseplątaninaconfusão dez­ordine; încâlcire спутанное состояние; сплетение spleť; chumáč zmešnjav...
11. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
12. to make or become tangled. Don't tangle my wool when I'm knitting. koek يَشْبِك обърквам (се) emaranhar zamotat (se), pocuchat verwirren sammenfiltre μπερδεύω, μπερδεύομαιenredar, enmarañar sassi ajama گوریدن sotkeutua emmêler, embrouiller לְהִסתַבֵּך उलझाना zamrsiti, zapetljati összegubancol mengusutkan flækja aggrovigliare, ingarbugliare もつれさせる 엉키다 su(si)raizgyti, su(si)velti samudžināt mengusutkan verwarrenfloke til, vikle inn i plątać enrodilhar a (se) încâlci; a (se) încurca спутывать za...
13. A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
14. in a tangle. tangled hair/branches; Her hair is always tangled. gekoek مَشْبوك، مُشْتَبِك заплетен emaranhado rozcuchaný, spletený verwirrt sammenfiltret μπερδεμένοςenredado, enmarañado, desordenado sassis گوریده؛ به هم ریخته sotkussa en désordre, enchevêtré לְסַבֵּך गुत्थी, उलझन, उलझेड़ा zamršen, zapleten gubancos kusut flæktur aggrovigliato, arruffato もつれた 뒤 얽힌 susivėlęs samudžināts; samudžinājies; savēlies kusut in de warfloket, sammenfiltret splątany emaranhado încâl­cit спутанный spletit...
15. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
16. to become involved in a quarrel or struggle with (a person etc). I tangled with him over politics. argumenteer يَشْتَبِك في مَعْرَكَه заплитам се в brigar com utkat se sich verstricken in skændes τα βάζω με enzarzarse, enredarse en una discusión/riña ennast (millessegi) mässima درگیر شدن riidellä avoir une prise de bec avec לְהִסתַבֵּך से झगड़ा करना potući se lebonyolódik bertengkar kljást við litigare 口論する 말다툼 하다 įsivelti į ginčą su cīkstēties; strīdēties berkelahi dgn in conflict raken met ...
    etc
17. To mix together or intertwine in a confused mass; snarl: The fishing lines from the two boats were tangled.
18. To catch or ensnare in an intertwined or confused mass: A turtle was tangled in the fishing net.
19. To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage: He got tangled up in a scheme to commit fraud.
20. To be or become entangled.

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Examples

“I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.”

“Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.”

“[…] if with thee the roaring wells ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine, Should toss with tangle and with shells.”

“You've never smelled the tangle o' the Isles.”

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