tangle

1. A tangled twisted mass.

   Wirrwarr

   пу́таницаpútanica, неразбери́хаnerazberíxa, беспоря́докbesporjádok

   a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

2. A complicated or confused state or condition.

   I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.

   Gewirr

   клубо́кklubók

   something jumbled or confused

3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

   Rangelei

   ссо́раssóra

4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.

5. A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.

6. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.

7. (countable, uncountable)Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.

8. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)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.

9. (Scotland, countable, uncountable)Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.

1. A long piece of thread easily becomes tangled up.

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2. Sami was weaving a tangled web.

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3. Adriano's hair tangled in the wind.

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4. My mind is all tangled up.

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5. The baby tangled the ball of yarn.

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