Found 3 items, similar to tangle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tangle mengacaukan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tangle tangle n 1: a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; “they carved their way through the tangle of vines” 2: something jumbled or confused; “a tangle of government regulations” [syn: snarl, maze] tangle v 1: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; “They were swept up by the events”; “don't drag me into this business” [syn: embroil, sweep, sweep up , drag, drag in] 2: tangle or complicate; “a ravelled story” [syn: ravel, knot] [ant: unravel, unravel] 3: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; “The strong wind tousled my hair” [syn: tousle, dishevel] 4: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; “The child entangled the cord” [syn: entangle, mat, snarl] [ant: disentangle, disentangle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tangle 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. [1913 Webster] When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. [1913 Webster] Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. [1913 Webster] Tangle \Tan"gle\, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See Tang seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina . See Kelp. [1913 Webster] Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] 2. [From Tangle, v.] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. 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. [1913 Webster] Blue tangle. (Bot.)See Dangleberry. Tangle picker (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]