TANGLE vs KNOT: NOUN
- A tangled twisted mass
- A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
- A complicated or confused state or condition
- Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
- The turnstone.
- Ee Dangleberry.
- Something jumbled or confused
- 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.
- 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.
- A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl
- Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See kelp.
- A tall, lank person; any long dangling thing.
- A name of various large species of seaweed, especially Laminaria digitata and L. saccharina. See cut under seaweed. Also called tangle-wrack and hanger.
- A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
- Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- Something twisted and tight and swollen
- A tight cluster of people or things
- A compact intersection of interlaced material, such as cord, ribbon, or rope.
- A sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
- Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- A unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
- In musical instruments of the lute, viol, and similar classes, same as rose 1, 15.
- The robin-snipe; the red-breasted or gray-backed sandpiper, Tringa canutus, a bird of the snipe family, Scolcpacidæ:
- The ring-plover, Ægialitis hiaticula, whose habits on the beach resemble those of the knot.
- An interlacement of parts of a cord, rope, or any flexible strip, formed by twisting the ends about each other, and then drawing tight the loops thus formed; also, a similar interlacing of two or more cords, threads, etc.: a bunch of threads or thread-like things entangled together.
- Specifically A piece of ribbon, lace, or the like folded or tied upon itself in some particular form, used as an ornamental adjunct to a costume, or to a sword, a cane, etc.: as, a knot of ribbon; a breast-knot; a shoulder-knot.
- Something resembling a knot in its complication, its protuberancy, or its rounded form.
- The hard, cross-grained mass of wood formed in a trunk at the insertion of a branch; particularly, the round, gnarly formation resulting from a branch being broken off and the tissues growing around its stump. This stump often decays, or falls out in cutting, leaving a knot-hole.
- A closed loop that is embedded in three-dimensional space and that can be intertwined with or tangled in itself, but that cannot intersect itself.
- An excrescence on a trunk or root; a gnarl or knur.
- A tuft, as of grass.
- A flower-bud.
- In lithol., a small concretion or aggregation of mineral matter, or imperfectly developed crystal, found occasionally in schistose rocks, appearing to be the result of contact metamorphism. Knots of this kind sometimes occur crowded together in large numbers, so as to give a knotty appearance to what otherwise would be a quite smooth slaty surface. Such slate is called knotted slate or schist (in German knotenschiefer). The knots are sometimes simply segregations of ferruginous material around a small fragment of the slate; sometimes more or less distinctly formed crystals, andalusite being the most common mineral thus occurring. This peculiar formation is well shown in the eastern Vosges and in the lake district of England.
- In mech., same as knote.
- In architecture, same as knob.
- In brush-making, a tuft of bristles ready to be fastened into a hole in the stock.
- In anatomy, a ganglion; a node; a plexus.
- A node in a stem, or any node-like expansion in a stem, pod, etc.
- A fastening made by tying together lengths of material, such as rope, in a prescribed way.
- A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid.
- A unifying bond, especially a marriage bond.
- A tight cluster of persons or things.
- A feeling of tightness.
- A complex problem.
- A hard place or lump, especially on a tree, at a point from which a stem or branch grows.
- The round, often darker cross section of such a lump as it appears on a piece of cut lumber.
- A division on a log line used to measure the speed of a ship.
- A unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.85 kilometers (1.15 statute miles) per hour.
- A distance of one nautical mile.
- Either of two migratory sandpipers of the genus Calidris that breed in Arctic regions, especially the red knot.
- A protuberant growth or swelling in a tissue.
TANGLE vs KNOT: VERB
- Disarrange or rumple; dishevel
- Tangle or complicate
- Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- To catch and hold
- To mix together or intertwine
- To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
- To become mixed together or intertwined
- To be forced into some kind of situation
- Make into knots; make knots out of
- Tie or fasten into a knot
- Tangle or complicate
TANGLE vs KNOT: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To snarl or entangle.
- To cause to form a knot or knots.
- To form a knot or knots.
- To become snarled or entangled.
- To tie in or fasten with a knot or knots.
TANGLE vs KNOT: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To involve; to insnare; to entrap.
- N/A
TANGLE vs KNOT: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Dishevel
- Disarrange or rumple
- To be entangled or united confusedly.
- Synonyms To entangle, intertwine, snarl (up).
- Froward; peevish.
- To unite or knit together confusedly; interweave or interlace, as threads, so as to make it difficult to separate them; snarl.
- To embroil; embarrass; confuse; perplex; involve; complicate.
- To catch or involve as in a snarl; entrap; entangle.
- To complicate or tie in a knot or knots; form a knot or knots in or on: as, to knot a cord or a handkerchief.
- To fasten or secure by a knot.
- Hence To entangle; perplex.
- To unite or knit closely.
- To remove the knots from, as a woven fabric, by pulling them out with small tweezers.
- To cover the knots of: a preliminary process in painting on wood, so that the knots shall not show through.
- To cover (metals, etc.) with knotting. See knotting, 3.
- To form knots or joints, as in plants.
- To knit knots for fringe; produce fancy work made by tying knots in cords. Compare knotting, knotwork, knotted-bar work.
- To gather in knots; unite as in a knot.
- To form flower-buds.
- Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
- Historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- Exactly 1,852 meters
- A unit of length used in navigation
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- Make into knots
- Make knots out of
TANGLE vs KNOT: RELATED WORDS
- Jumble, Thicket, Sweep up, Drag in, Dishevel, Drag, Mat, Knot, Complication, Ravel, Embroil, Tousle, Sweep, Snarl, Entangle
- Bow, Wedding, Naut mi, International nautical mile, Calidris canutus, Air mile, Mi, Grayback, Mile, Gnarl, Burl, Slub, Tangle, Nautical mile, Ravel
TANGLE vs KNOT: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Entanglement, Muddle, Maze, Mess, Jumble, Thicket, Sweep up, Drag in, Dishevel, Drag, Mat, Knot, Embroil, Tousle, Entangle
- Hitch, Sailor, Noose, Ribbon, Tie, Rope, Marriage, Wedding, Grayback, Mile, Gnarl, Burl, Slub, Tangle, Nautical mile
TANGLE vs KNOT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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- Several complications can tangle a life estate deed.
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- Tame the Information Tangle: XML Data Management Systems.
- Human Remy Hair, Tangle Free and Cuticle Intact.
- Seniors and sophomores tangle in a dodgeball match.
- Two metal clasps balance out the riddle tangle.
- Tangle Teezer Compact Styler Hair Brush, Feline Gr.
- In my clumsy fingers, the narrow, slippery, fine silk ribbon slips and slides as I wad, tangle, wad, tangle, and wad some more.
- Tangle Creations Tangle Relax Therapy is a hand and finger exerciser designed for people with fine motor and upper extremity disabilities to use.
- STRAND KNOT a little smaller than the SPRITSAIL SHEET KNOT.
- Use our diamond knot tutorial to make the end knot.
- SQUARE KNOT with the same characteristics as TRIANGULAR KNOT jj!
- This knot is reverse of the FB knot.
- The diamond knot is a cylindrical decorative knot.
- How to Tie a Celtic Heart Knot: Celtic heart knot is actually an excellent knot to incorporate into your love spells.
- SHROUD KNOT superficially resembling the STOPPER KNOT is also based on the ENGLISH SHROUD KNOT.
- SHROUD KNOT superficially resembling the DOUBLE WALL KNOT is built up from an ENGLISH SHROUD KNOT base.
- Square Knot A square knot is the most frequently used knot when placing ligatures and sutures.
- AKA the Diamond Knot and Knife Knot makes an attractive fixed loop or stopper knot.
TANGLE vs KNOT: QUESTIONS
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