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A tangled twisted mass.

A complicated or confused state or condition.

Example: I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.

An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.

To become mixed together or intertwined

Example: Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.

To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight

Example: Don't tangle with someone three times your size.

To mix together or intertwine

To catch and hold; to ensnare.

Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.

(in the plural) 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.

Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.