tangle

Froward; peevish.

A snarl of threads or other things united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged.

A device used in dredging, for sweeping the sea-bed in order to obtain delicate forms of marine life, too small or frangible to be obtained by ordinary dredging.

A perplexity or embarrassment; a complication.

To unite or knit together confusedly; interweave or interlace, as threads, so as to make it difficult to separate them; snarl.

To catch or involve as in a snarl; entrap; entangle.

To embroil; embarrass; confuse; perplex; involve; complicate.

Synonyms To entangle, intertwine, snarl (up).

To be entangled or united confusedly.

A name of various large species of seaweed, especially Laminaria digitata and L. saccharina. See cut under seaweed. Also called tangle-wrack and hanger.