tangle
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈtæŋɡəl/
:
maraña
- Her eyes peer out through a wild tangle of hair like those of a cornered animal.
- tangle net
And there's no tangles, no knots.
- And there's no tangles, no knots.
- And in the midst of all those seaweed tangles, that's where people start making justification.
- So I'm just going to grab my brush to brush out any tangles and make sure our hair is nice and smooth.
- And what's cool is if you want to unwrap it, it's just like quick see, it is a tangle.
- Myth of Resurrection A Maple sapling sprouts erect amidst a snarling tangle of bare branches as I wait for the droops to uncoil.
- And Alzheimer, as a neuropathologist has found these very specific changes in the brain of his patients, his plaques and tangles.
Examples
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There, the streets trailed off into rubble, the finely tended parks into tangles of wild vegetation.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her red hair was dark brown with moisture and hung in a tangle across her shoulders.
Fiction book (1991) -
Six or eight times I tried it, but the tangle of my fingers only got worse.
Fiction book (1990) -
A tangle of garlands in your hair.
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Artus reached out, but his friend was gone, lost in a tangle of trees and vines.
Fiction book (1992) -
On the ridge top, Brave Man stepped out from the tangle of people clustered at the kill site.
Fiction book (1992) -
Better, the village was surrounded by the lush tangle and wonderful disrepair of old forest.
Fiction book (1992) -
We rolled on the wet grass in a tangle of skirts and squeals.
Fiction book (1991) -
All at once, Emily let out a yelp and plunged into a tangle of honeysuckle.
Fiction book (1992) -
The little girl's hair was a tangle of curls and knots that needed careful brushing.
Synonyms
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1.8
A thick mass of things tangled together, like hair or seaweed
Things twisted and woven together so they are closely connected
A state in which things are twisted or woven closely together
A tangled group of cables that looks untidy
Antonyms
Compounds
- Australian
An orchid with tangled roots, thin wiry stems, and small fragrant green flowers
How Tangled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tangle first named things that were caught or hooked together, so a tangle is a mass of hair, wires, or plants all twisted and stuck together. That's why we call a messy bunch of cords or hair a tangle.