If ideas or situations are tangled, they become confused and complicated. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together. + tangled tan·gled His personal life has become more tangled than ever
If something is tangled or tangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet Her hair tends to tangle He suggested that tangling fishing gear should be made a criminal offence
To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel
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
{f} cause to become intertwined in a confused mass; cause to become involved in a confusing or complicated situation, entangle; become twisted and tangled; fight (Informal)
A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way. A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems
something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines
A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers