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tangling
tan·gle 1 T0035700 (tăng′gəl)v. tan·gled, tan·gling, tan·gles v.tr.1. To mix together or intertwine in a confused mass; snarl: The fishing lines from the two boats were tangled.2. To catch or ensnare in an intertwined or confused mass: A turtle was tangled in the fishing net.3. To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage: He got tangled up in a scheme to commit fraud.v.intr.1. To be or become entangled.2. Informal To enter into argument, dispute, or conflict: tangled with the law.n.1. A confused, intertwined mass: a tangle of blood vessels.2. A jumbled or confused state or condition: a tangle of conflicting reports.3. Informal An argument or altercation.
[Middle English tangilen, to involve in an embarrassing situation, variant of tagilen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal taggla, to entangle.]
tan′gly adj.
tan·gle 2 T0035700 (tăng′gəl)n. Any of several large edible seaweeds, especially a kelp.
[Of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse thöngull, seaweed.]tangling (ˈtæŋɡəlɪŋ) nthe act or condition of becoming tangledtangling
tangling[′taŋ·gliŋ] (solid-state physics) The reduction of motion of dislocations in a substance by increasing the total number of dislocations, so that they tangle and interfere with each other's motions. |