Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to
twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in
lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." --Milton.
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When my simple weakness strays,
Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tangled
adj 1: in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the
tangled ropes" [ant: {untangled}]
2: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the
Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on
to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language";
"convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a
knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;
"tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting
for months" [syn: {Byzantine}, {convoluted}, {involved},
{knotty}, {tangled}, {tortuous}]
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