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"word": "betangle"
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"word": "entangle"
},
{
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"word": "it takes two to tangle"
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"word": "tanglelegs"
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"3": ""
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"name": "der"
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"2": "taggla",
"t": "to disorder"
},
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"t": "tangle; seaweed"
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"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [],
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"To mix together or intertwine."
],
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"mix"
],
[
"together",
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],
[
"intertwine",
"intertwine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To mix together or intertwine."
],
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{
"word": "entangle"
},
{
"word": "knot"
},
{
"word": "mat"
},
{
"word": "snarl"
}
],
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"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵəbbəl",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "خبّل"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obǎrkvam",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "обърквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaplitam",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "заплитам"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zamotat"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "splést"
},
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"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaplést"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "konfuzi"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "sotkea"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "emmêler"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"english": "thread, wire",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "enchevêtrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"english": "situation",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "compliquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "enmarañar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "enlear"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "ensarillar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "embeleñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "verwirren"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "verfitzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "verfilzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pléko",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "πλέκω"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "intrecciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tvəə aoy prɑteak cɑmpeak knie",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "ធ្វើឲ្យប្រទាក់ចំពាក់គ្នា"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "záplete",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "за́плете"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zápletka",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "за́плетка"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "emaranhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "misturar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapútyvatʹ",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запу́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapútatʹ",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запу́тать"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "enmarañar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "trassla till"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "göra trasslig"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "ecomeler"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "ecramyî"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to mix together or intertwine",
"word": "emacraler"
}
]
},
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{
"word": "untangle"
},
{
"word": "unsnarl"
}
],
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137",
"text": "By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To become mixed together or intertwined."
],
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[
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],
[
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dishevel"
},
{
"word": "tousle"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tḵəbbəl",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "تْخبّل"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "gubot"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "splitam se",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "сплитам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaplitam se",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "заплитам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "sotkeutua"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "sotkuuntua"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "s’emmêler"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"pronominal"
],
"word": "s’enchevêtrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "verfitzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "zerzausen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "empléko",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "εμπλέκω"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"alt": "もつれる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "motsureru",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "縺れる"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɑteak",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "ប្រទាក់"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɑmpeak",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "ចំពាក់"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se plétka",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "се пле́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se pléte",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "се пле́те"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "kusut"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "ambaraçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plątać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "splątać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "poplątać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "enrolar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "embaraçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "emaranhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapútyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "запу́тываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapútatʹsja",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запу́таться"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "enmarañarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "bli tilltrasslad"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "trassla sig"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaplutuvatysja",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заплутуватися"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "s' ecramyî"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 91 2 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to become mixed together or intertwined",
"word": "s' ecomeler"
}
]
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{
"text": "Don't tangle with someone three times your size.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He tangled with the law.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 19:47 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04",
"text": "Compared to the last time they'd tangled with the U.S. Navy's carriers, the antiaircraft fire had been much, much more effective, even if the Wildcats hadn't done particularly well in their intercepts. They couldn't know it, of course, but the officer aboard Enterprise who'd recommended recarpeting the ship with 20-mm Oerlikons had, at least partially, been listened to, and the effect on the Japanese Navy's elite aircrews had been devastating.",
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"ref": "2021 August 20, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Who Gets the L.L.C.? Inside a Silicon Valley Billionaire’s Divorce.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "After a few attempts at counseling, they separated in January 2015. Since then, they have tangled in the courts.",
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"To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight."
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"(intransitive, figurative) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight."
],
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{
"word": "argue"
},
{
"word": "conflict"
},
{
"word": "dispute"
},
{
"word": "fight"
}
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zabǎrkvam se",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "забърквам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "být zatažen do"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "zamotat se do"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "sotkeutua"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "sich verstricken"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "bléko",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "μπλέκω"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se vplétka",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "се впле́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se zámeša",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "се за́меша"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "envolver"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vpútyvatʹ",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "впу́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vpútatʹ",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "впу́тать"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 13 72 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be forced into some kind of situation",
"word": "bli insnärjd"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaplést se"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
"word": "riidellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
"word": "tapella"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
"word": "sich anlegen mit jmdn."
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
"word": "sich verwickeln lassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se vplétka",
"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
"word": "се впле́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vstrevátʹ",
"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight",
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"word": "sich anlegen mit jmdn."
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