- tangle - a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
--1 is a kind of natural object
--1 has particulars: hairball, hair ball, trichobezoar; shagDerived forms: verb tangle4, verb tangle3 - tangle, snarl, maze - something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
--2 is a kind of perplexity
Derived form: verb tangle2
- embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in - force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
--1 is one way to involve
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- ravel, tangle, knot - tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
--2 is one way to intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun tangle2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- tousle, dishevel, tangle - disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
--3 is one way to disarrange
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun tangle1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- entangle, tangle, mat, snarl - twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
--4 is one way to twist, twine, distort
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun tangle1
They tangle their hair