Tangle

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Noun

tangle

  1. a tangled twisted mass
  2. a complicated or confused state or condition
    I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
  3. an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
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tangled twisted mass

complicated or confused state or condition

argument, conflict, dispute, or fight

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Intransitive verb

to tangle

  1. to become mixed together or intertwined
    Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
  2. to be forced into some kind of situation
  3. to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
    Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
    He tangled with the law.
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Translations

to become mixed together or intertwined

to be forced into some kind of situation

to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight

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Transitive verb

to tangle

  1. to mix together or intertwine
  2. to catch and hold
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Antonyms

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to mix together or intertwine

to catch and hold

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