2syllables
tangle
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Definitions oftangle
1noun
- 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.
- A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
1verb
- 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.
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