tangling
present participle oftangle
tangle
verb[IorT]
informaluk/ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/tobecomeorform, or to make something into, anuntidymass
See also
entangle
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- describe
- entwine
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- torsion
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- wring
tangled
adjectiveuk/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/us/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/
tangledstring
Phrasal verb
tangle withsomeone
Examplesoftangling
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One of the four bounds to the former neighbor atoms is thentanglingand produces p-conduction.
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Thetanglingof household relationships did not end with sons and daughters.
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The transformation of those parties and thetangling, then cutting of those ties, freed him to belong to history.
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This behaviour can be best understood in terms of homoclinictangling.
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Communication through wire for remote crane operation can cause some troubles such as cabletanglingdue to the movement of the crane and the trolley.
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Fulfilment for pilottanglingwith mine.
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I rose to speak with some trepidation, however, beforetanglingwith the able and qualified lawyers who have already involved themselves in the debate.
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Traffic jams form very quickly by the creation of knots of traffic which rapidly lead to a greattanglingup.
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However, we should betanglingourselves in knots.
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The food industry, like the pharmaceutical industry, is a mighty powerful player and governments don't liketanglingwith it.
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I must say, after listening to his speech, that it was pretty clear that he played his part intanglingit.
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In attempting to secure a settlement we must avoidtanglingthe two issues—the issue of the alleged attempt to establish a closed shop and the issue of the industrial dispute.
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What submarine commander would run the risk oftanglingwith a surface vessel in the belief that, because it is smaller, it must necessarily be a less effective unit?
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This shrub approaches two meters in maximum height, itstanglingbranches narrowing to spiny-tipped twigs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This problem spurred the invention of the regulator to evenly spool the line out and preventtangling.
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