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tangled

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  involve;  to  insnare;  to  entrap;  as  to  be  tangled  in 
  lies.  ``Tangled  in  amorous  nets.''  --Milton. 
 
  When  my  simple  weakness  strays,  Tangled  in  forbidden 
  ways.  --Crashaw. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tangled 
  adj  1:  in  a  confused  mass;  "pushed  back  her  tangled  hair";  "the 
  tangled  ropes"  [ant:  {untangled}] 
  2:  highly  involved  or  intricate;  "the  Byzantine  tax  structure"; 
  "convoluted  legal  language";  "convoluted  reasoning";  "an 
  intricate  labyrinth  of  refined  phraseology";  "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},  {intricate},  {involved},  {knotty},  {labyrinthine}, 
  {tortuous}]




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