Seaweed vs. Tangle

Seaweednoun

Any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp.

Seaweednoun

Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.

Seaweednoun

Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

Seaweednoun

plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

Seaweednoun

large algae growing in the sea or on rocks below the high-water mark

Seaweed

Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of Rhodophyta (red), Phaeophyta (brown) and Chlorophyta (green) macroalgae.

Tangleverb

(intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined

Tangleverb

(intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight

Tangleverb

(transitive) to mix together or intertwine

Tangleverb

(transitive) to catch and hold; to ensnare.

Tanglenoun

A tangled twisted mass.

Tanglenoun

A complicated or confused state or condition.

Tanglenoun

An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

Tanglenoun

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

Tanglenoun

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

Tanglenoun

Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.

Tanglenoun

(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.

Tanglenoun

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

Tangleverb

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

Tangleverb

To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.

Tangleverb

To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

Tanglenoun

Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.

Tanglenoun

A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.

Tanglenoun

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.

Tanglenoun

a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven;

Tanglenoun

something jumbled or confused;

Tangleverb

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

Tangleverb

tangle or complicate;

Tangleverb

disarrange or rumple; dishevel;

Tangleverb

twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;