tangle: Meaning and Definition of

tan•gle

1. to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
2. to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows: The bushes were tangled with vines.
3. to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare.

1. to be or become tangled.
2. to come into conflict; fight or argue: I don't want to tangle with him over the new ruling.

1. a tangled condition or situation.
2. a tangled or confused mass or assemblage of something.
3. a confused jumble: a tangle of contradictory statements.
4. a conflict; disagreement: He got into a tangle with the governor.

tan•gle

1. any of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria.