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tangle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Etymology 1
From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þ?ngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.
Verb
tangle (third-person singular simple present tangles, present participle tangling, simple past and past participle tangled)
- (intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined
- (intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
- (transitive) to mix together or intertwine
- (transitive) to catch and hold; to ensnare.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple
- When my simple weakness strays, / Tangled in forbidden ways.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple
Synonyms
- (to become mixed together or intertwined): dishevel, tousle
- (to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight): argue, conflict, dispute, fight
- (to mix together or intertwine): entangle, knot, mat, snarl
- (to catch and hold): entrap
Antonyms
- (to mix together or intertwine): untangle, unsnarl
Derived terms
- betangle
- entangle
Translations
Noun
tangle (plural tangles)
- A tangled twisted mass.
- A complicated or confused state or condition.
- An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
- (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
- A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
Synonyms
- (tangled twisted mass): knot, mess, snarl
- (complicated or confused state or condition): maze, snarl
- (argument, conflict, dispute, or fight): argument, conflict, dispute, fight
Derived terms
- tanglefish (Syngnathus acus)
- tanglesome
Translations
Etymology 2
Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang. See also Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic þöngull.
Noun
tangle (countable and uncountable, plural tangles)
- Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
- 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 10:
- Than if with thee the roaring wells / Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; / And hands so often clasped in mine, / Should toss with tangle and with shells.
- 1917, Kenneth Macleod (editor) "The Road to the Isles", in Songs of the Hebrides:
- You've never smelled the tangle o' the Isles.
- 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 10:
- (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.
- (Scotland) Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
Hyponyms
- kombu
Further reading
- tangle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tangle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tangle at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- gelant, langet, netlag
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clog
English
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin; compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kl??/
- (US) IPA(key): /kl??/, /kl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
clog (plural clogs)
- A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- 2002, Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones, Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, Chapter 5, p. 92,[1]
- She stomped up the stairs. Her clogs slammed against the pine boards of the staircase and shook the house.
- 2002, Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones, Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, Chapter 5, p. 92,[1]
- A blockage.
- (Britain, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
- A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
- 1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Letters” in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, p. 115,[2]
- A clog of lead was round my feet / A band of pain across my brow;
- 1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Letters” in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, p. 115,[2]
- That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
- 1777, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Edmund Burke: Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the Affairs of America, London: J. Dodsley, p. 8,[3]
- All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England, are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression.
- 1777, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Edmund Burke: Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the Affairs of America, London: J. Dodsley, p. 8,[3]
Derived terms
- clever clogs
- clog dance
- clogless
- cloglike
- clogs to clogs in three generations
- pop one's clogs
- shot-clog
Translations
Verb
clog (third-person singular simple present clogs, present participle clogging, simple past and past participle clogged)
- To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
- To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
- To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
- The commodities […] are clogged with impositions.
- (law) To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
- 1973, Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr, 123 N.J. Super. 530, 544, 303 A.2d 898.
- For centuries it has been the rule that a mortgagor’s equity of redemption cannot be clogged and that he cannot, as a part of the original mortgage transaction, cut off or surrender his right to redeem. Any agreement which does so is void and unenforceable [sic] as against public policy.
- 1973, Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr, 123 N.J. Super. 530, 544, 303 A.2d 898.
- (intransitive) To perform a clog dance.
Derived terms
- anticlog
- cloggable
- cloggy
- clog up
- declog
- nonclogging
- unclog
- uncloggable
Translations
References
Anagrams
- G-LOC
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cloc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl???/
Noun
clog m (genitive singular cloig, nominative plural cloig)
- bell
- clock
- blowball, clock (of dandelion)
- blister
Declension
- Alternative plural: cloganna (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
Verb
clog (present analytic clogann, future analytic clogfaidh, verbal noun clogadh, past participle clogtha)
- (intransitive) ring a bell
- (transitive) stun with noise
- (intransitive) blister
Conjugation
Mutation
References
- "clog" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “clog” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 150.
- “clogaim” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 151.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cloc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *klog, from Proto-Celtic *kluk?. Cognate with Irish cloch, Scottish Gaelic clach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klo??/
Noun
clog f (plural clogau)
- cliff, rockface
Related terms
- clegyr (“rock, crag”)
Mutation
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