noun Download 🔗Share A tangled twisted mass. Examples : "The cat's yarn basket was a mess of tangles after playing with it all morning. " mass condition thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A complicated or confused state or condition. Examples : "I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere." condition situation abstract Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. Examples : "The siblings often got into tangles over whose turn it was to use the computer. " action communication situation event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times. Examples : "The knot theorist identified several tangles within the complex rope sculpture, each section a potential puzzle piece in understanding the overall design. " math figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns. Examples : "Maria's notebook was full of beautiful tangles she drew during class. " art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become mixed together or intertwined Examples : "Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind." action condition process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight Examples : "The siblings often tangled over who got to use the last cookie. " action communication war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mix together or intertwine Examples : "The cat often tangles the yarn when I'm trying to knit. " action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To catch and hold; to ensnare. Examples : "The cat's yarn ball tangles the thread as it plays. " action process situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria. Examples : "The kelp farmer harvested the large tangles for use in fertilizer. " biology plant ocean nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) 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. Examples : "The fishermen used their tangles to collect sea urchins for their dinner. " nautical utensil ocean animal fish technology machine device science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person. Examples : "From afar, the new student looked like a series of tangles, all long limbs and awkward angles. " appearance person thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading