Word Meaning

Meaning of tangle

- 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.
- To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
- To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
- Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
- A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
- 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.

Crossword clue for tangle

- A confused jumble
- A jumbled mass
- Become knotted
- Go head-to-head
- Knot
- Mesh
- Ravel in caftan, gleefully
- Snarl
- Ultimately, sudden ending put into tale for twist