- to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows: The bushes were tangled with vines.
- to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare.
- to be or become tangled.
- to come into conflict; fight or argue: I don't want to tangle with him over the new ruling.
- a tangled condition or situation.
- a tangled or confused mass or assemblage of something.
- a confused jumble: a tangle of contradictory statements.
- a conflict; disagreement: He got into a tangle with the governor.
- any of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria.
- a confused or complicated mass of hairs, lines, fibres, etc, knotted or coiled together
- a complicated problem, condition, or situation
- to become or cause to become twisted together in a confused mass
- to come into conflict; contend
- to involve in matters which hinder or confuse
- to ensnare or trap, as in a net
- alternative names (esp Scot) for oarweed
