Tangle - English meaning

verb

Give reasons or cite evidence in support of an idea, action, or theory, typically with the aim of persuading others to share one's view.

Usage examples:

Sociologists argue that inequalities in industrial societies are being reduced

verb

To disagree esp. strongly and sometimes angrily in talking or discussing something

Usage examples:

They argued about money., i can’t argue with you about that (= i agree with you)., [ i ] they argue…

verb

To speak angrily to someone, telling that person that you disagree with them

Usage examples:

Argue over they were arguing over which film to go and see., the children are always arguing., argu…

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Usage examples:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Usage examples:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

noun

A group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together.

Usage examples:

Clusters of creamy-white flowers

verb

Form a cluster or clusters.

Usage examples:

The children clustered round her skirts

verb

To form or gather together

Usage examples:

All his grandchildren clustered around him., dense clusters of delicate pink blossoms, this section…

noun

A length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.

Usage examples:

A coil of rope

verb

Arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil.

Usage examples:

He began to coil up the heavy ropes

noun

A confusion or turmoil.

Usage examples:

But the biggest loser from our decision to cling gamely to the mortal coil is the national health s…

verb

Arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil.

Usage examples:

He began to coil up the heavy ropes

noun

A length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.

Usage examples:

A coil of rope

noun

A confusion or turmoil.

Usage examples:

But the biggest loser from our decision to cling gamely to the mortal coil is the national health s…

verb

Struggle to surmount (a difficulty).

Usage examples:

She had to contend with his uncertain temper

verb

To compete in order to win something or to achieve a position of leadership

Usage examples:

The top tennis players in the world are contending for this title., [ + that clause ] i contend tha…

verb

To compete in order to win something

Usage examples:

Contend for there are three world-class tennis players contending for this title., contend against …

noun

A state of confusion.

Usage examples:

The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

noun

A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization

Usage examples:

The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

noun

A disagreement or argument.

Usage examples:

A territorial dispute between the two countries

verb

Argue about (something).

Usage examples:

The point has been much disputed

noun

An argument or disagreement

Usage examples:

[ c ] management and the union are trying to resolve the dispute over working conditions., her skil…

verb

Cause to become entangled in something.

Usage examples:

Whales enmeshed in drift nets

verb

To catch or involve someone in something unpleasant or dangerous from which it is difficult to escape

Usage examples:

Be enmeshed in the whales are caught by being enmeshed in nets., she has become enmeshed in a tangl…

verb

Cause to become entangled in something.

Usage examples:

Whales enmeshed in drift nets

verb

Past simple and past participle of enmesh

Usage examples:

The whales are caught by being enmeshed in nets., she has become enmeshed in a tangle of drugs and …

verb

To catch or involve someone in something unpleasant or dangerous from which it is difficult to escape

Usage examples:

Be enmeshed in the whales are caught by being enmeshed in nets., she has become enmeshed in a tangl…

verb

Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.

Usage examples:

Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled

verb

To trap something within something else from which it is difficult to escape

Usage examples:

A seal became entangled in the fishing net., fig. the movie explores the entangled (= mixed togethe…

verb

To cause something to become caught in something such as a net or ropes

Usage examples:

Be entangled in/with the dolphin had become entangled in/with the fishing nets.

verb

Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.

Usage examples:

Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled

verb

To trap something within something else from which it is difficult to escape

Usage examples:

A seal became entangled in the fishing net., fig. the movie explores the entangled (= mixed togethe…

verb

To cause something to become caught in something such as a net or ropes

Usage examples:

Be entangled in/with the dolphin had become entangled in/with the fishing nets.

verb

Wind or twist together; interweave.

Usage examples:

They lay entwined in each other's arms

verb

To twist together or around something

Usage examples:

The old-fashioned porch was entwined with many creeping plants., fig. in the old days, moviemaking …

verb

To twist something together or around something

Usage examples:

The picture captures the two lovers with their arms entwined.

verb

Wind or twist together; interweave.

Usage examples:

They lay entwined in each other's arms

adjective

Closely connected or unable to be separated

Usage examples:

The fates of both countries seem somehow entwined., for at least 300 years before the 1917 bolshevi…

verb

Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.

Usage examples:

The men were fighting

noun

A violent confrontation or struggle.

Usage examples:

He'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club

verb

Be engaged in a contest or struggle

verb

Twist or twine together.

Usage examples:

A net made of cotton intertwined with other natural fibres

verb

To twist or be twisted together, or to be connected so as to be difficult to separate

Usage examples:

The town's prosperity is inextricably intertwined with the fortunes of the factory., the trees' bra…

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

A confused mixture or mass of things

Usage examples:

A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

noun

A fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it.

Usage examples:

Tie a knot at the end of the cord

verb

Fasten with a knot.

Usage examples:

The scarves were knotted loosely around their throats

noun

A small, relatively short-billed sandpiper, with a reddish-brown or blackish breast in the breeding season.

Usage examples:

You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, usi…

adjective

Fastened with or having a knot or knots.

Usage examples:

A knotted rope

verb

Fasten with a knot.

Usage examples:

The scarves were knotted loosely around their throats

adjective

Joined by having been tied together in a knot, or containing a knot or knots

Usage examples:

A knotted rope, a knotted handkerchief

adjective

Full of knots.

Usage examples:

Panelling in knotty pine

adjective

(of a problem or difficulty) complicated and difficult to solve

Usage examples:

It was a very knotty problem.

adjective

With a lot of knots

Usage examples:

A knotty piece of wood

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

A piece of coarse material placed on a floor for people to wipe their feet on.

Usage examples:

When he walks into the blackness of the entryway, he turns and wipes his feet onto the floor mat be…

verb

Tangle (something, especially hair) in a thick mass.

Usage examples:

The fur on its flank was matted with blood

noun

Short for matrix (sense 3).

noun

Material made of a network of wire or thread.

Usage examples:

Mesh for fishing nets

verb

(of the teeth of a gearwheel) be engaged with another gearwheel.

Usage examples:

One gear meshes with the input gear

noun

A material loosely woven of wire, plastic, or thread so that it has spaces in it like a net

Usage examples:

Pour the liquid through a strainer of fine mesh., [ i ] the teeth of the smaller and larger gears m…

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

Usage examples:

The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

Usage examples:

Her life was in a muddle.

noun

A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms.

Usage examples:

She made the mistake of picking a quarrel with john

verb

A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good term.

Usage examples:

She made the mistake of picking a quarrel with john

noun

A short, heavy, square-headed arrow or bolt used in a crossbow or arbalest.

verb

Untangle or unravel something.

Usage examples:

Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net

noun

A tangle, cluster, or knot.

Usage examples:

A ravel of knitting

verb

To separate a knot, mass of threads, etc. into a single thread or threads

Usage examples:

It took daisy a long time to ravel out all the wool., mark's interference merely ravelled things fu…

verb

Untangle or unravel something.

Usage examples:

Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net

noun

A tangle, cluster, or knot.

Usage examples:

A ravel of knitting

noun

A number of people or things in a more or less straight line.

Usage examples:

Her villa stood in a row of similar ones

verb

Propel (a boat) with oars.

Usage examples:

Out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy

noun

A spell of rowing.

Usage examples:

The two friends had gone for a light row and were turning the double scull boat opposite the boat s…

verb

(of an animal such as a dog) make an aggressive growl with bared teeth.

Usage examples:

The dog snarled at the boy

noun

An act or sound of snarling.

Usage examples:

A snarl of rage

noun

A knot or tangle.

Usage examples:

Snarls of wild raspberry plants

noun

A noisy quarrel about something trivial.

Usage examples:

Family squabbles

verb

Quarrel noisily over a trivial matter.

Usage examples:

The boys were squabbling over a ball

noun

A disagreement, often about an unimportant matter

Usage examples:

Family squabbles with your brothers and sisters, they squabbled about how the money would be spent.

noun

A roof covering of straw, reeds, palm leaves, or a similar material.

Usage examples:

The rain drummed noisily on the thatch above her head

verb

Cover (a roof or a building) with straw or a similar material.

Usage examples:

They have constructed the walls and are now thatching the roof

verb

To make a roof for a building with straw or reeds

Usage examples:

In the daylight it is apparent that his trademark white-blond thatch of hair is starting to look a …

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

adjective

Forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled.

Usage examples:

The crash left a trail of twisted metal across the carriageway

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

adjective

Unusual and strange; perverse

Usage examples:

The letter was clearly written by someone with a twisted mind., he missed the first game of the sea…

noun

A network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey.

Usage examples:

Although many spiders have relatively poor eyesight - those that use webs to trap prey have no need…

verb

Cover with or as though with a web.

Usage examples:

She noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases

noun

Short form ofcobweb

Usage examples:

A spider’s web hung in a corner of the window., ducks, gulls, and frogs all have webbed toes.

noun

A dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated.

Usage examples:

An insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments

verb

Have a long, complicated dispute or argument.

Usage examples:

The bureaucrats continue wrangling over the fine print

verb

To argue, often in a noisy or angry way

Usage examples:

We have been wrangling with the management for weeks over parking spaces for employees.