tangle

v. 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)

n. disorderly mass, jumble; confusing or complicated condition; fight (Informal)

Tangle may refer to:Tangle theory, a branch of knot theory invented by John Horton Conway;Neurofibrillary tangles which occur in Alzheimer's disease.Entanglement's Tangle as the square of Entanglement's Concurrence between two states in Quantum Information TheoryTangle toys, a line of toys composed of curved 80' pieces
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
(hypernym) natural object
(hyponym) hairball, hair ball, trichobezoar
(derivation) entangle, mat, snarl
2. something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
(synonym) snarl, maze
(hypernym) perplexity
(derivation) ravel, knot
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) embroil, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
(hypernym) involve
2. tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
(synonym) ravel, knot
(hypernym) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
(derivation) snarl, maze
3. disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
(synonym) tousle, dishevel
(hypernym) disarrange
4. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
(synonym) entangle, mat, snarl
(hypernym) twist, twine, distort
(hyponym) felt

(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.
  

(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.
  

(v. i.)
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a 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.
  

(n.)
To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
  

(n.)
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
  

      gelant