Crossword-Solution: TANGLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tangle | n. | 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. |
| Tangle | n. | To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. |
| Tangle | v. i. | To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. |
| Tangle | n. | Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp. |
| Tangle | v. | 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. Used also figuratively. |
| Tangle | v. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TANGLE | anagram | AGENTL |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEER
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greedy person
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Sentences with TANGLE (5)
Then he called aloud to Kwasind, To his friend, the strong man, Kwasind, Saying, “Help me clear this river Of its sunken logs and sand-bars.” Straight into the river Kwasind Plunged as if he were an otter, Dived as if he were a beaver, Stood up to his waist in water, To his arm-pits in the river, Swam and scouted in the river, Tugged at sunken logs and branches, With his hands he scooped the sand-bars, With his feet the ooze and tangle.
Poor Frank does, even now, I think; though he’s got himself in such a tangle that for a long time his love has been bitterer than his hate.
But why should such a fair and dutiful girl have such an aversion to her father’s sex?” “Go on your way, please.” “What, Beauty, and drag you after me? Do but look; I never saw such a tangle!” “Oh, ’tis shameful of you; you have been making it worse on purpose to keep me here—you have!” “Indeed, I don’t think so,” said the sergeant, with a merry twinkle.
Here, moved by curiosity, I turned aside to find, among a tangle of red fronds, the warped and broken dog cart with the whitened bones of the horse scattered and gnawed.
The rope which had originally been wound round his shoulders and arms had evidently given way, for it lay in a tangle about his body, but he seemed quite unconscious of this, for he had not made the slightest attempt to move from the place where Desgas had originally put him: like a terrified chicken which looks upon a line of white chalk, drawn on a table, as on a string which paralyzes its movements.
Quotes with TANGLE (3)
One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem in becoming your own father or mother that a broad-minded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is no problem with changing the course of history — the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out i…
There are situations in life which are beyond one. The sensible man realizes this, and slides out of such situations, admitting himself beaten. Others try to grapple with them, but it never does any good. When affairs get in a real tangle, it is best to sit still and let them straighten themselves out. Or, if one does not do that, simply to think no more about them. This is Philosophy. The true philosopher is the man who says "All right," and goes to sleep in his arm-chair. O…
It's time we allow our youth to de tangle life with ease.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 78 times in crossword archives (1949–2024).