Tangle: alternatives and connections

To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

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Distorted; misshapen.

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To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

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To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

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The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrass…

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A twist; a convolution.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.

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To entangle.

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of Feel

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The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

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To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

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To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

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A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds…

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A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds…

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To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

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To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

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A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

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A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in diffic…

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To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

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A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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A wild fancy; a confused notion.

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To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a s…

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To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

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To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.

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