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- pronunciation:
- taeng
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- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
tangles, tangling, tangled |
| definition 1: |
When wires tangle, they mix together and become hard to separate. If your hair tangles, parts of it twist together and make knots. If you hair tangles, it's hard to comb it.
On the boat, my hair tangled in the wind.- synonyms:
- mat
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| definition 2: |
When you tangle things, you twist or mix them together so that they are hard to separate. If you tangle a single thing, you make loops and knots in it.
How did you tangle all these cords?The cat tangled the whole ball of yarn.Somehow I tangled the kite string.- synonyms:
- mix up
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| definition 3: |
If people tangle themselves in a bad or complicated situation, they get involved in it and it's hard to get out.
Mr. Jones wanted to help his brother but he didn't really want to tangle himself in his brother's complicated situation.- similar words:
- complicate
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| related words: |
knot, mix |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A tangle is a knot or something that is all mixed up and hard to separate.
The little girl's hair was full of tangles. It took a long time to comb.- synonyms:
- mat
- similar words:
- mess
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| related words: |
disorder, puzzle, twist |
| derivations: |
tangly (adj.), tangler (n.) |
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