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Meaning of tangle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: {tangle}, {snarl}, {maze}]
      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}, {tangle}, {sweep},
           {sweep up}, {drag}, {drag in}]
      2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: {ravel},
         {tangle}, {knot}] [ant: {ravel}, {ravel out}, {unknot},
         {unpick}, {unravel}, {unscramble}, {untangle}]
      3: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my
         hair" [syn: {tousle}, {dishevel}, {tangle}]
      4: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
         entangled the cord" [syn: {entangle}, {tangle}, {mat},
         {snarl}] [ant: {disentangle}, {straighten out}, {unsnarl}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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