tangle in WordNet English dictionary

1. disarrange or rumple; dishevel
   "The strong wind tousled my hair"
   tousle  dishevel  tangle 
   
2. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
   "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
   embroil  tangle  sweep  sweep up  drag  drag in 
   
3. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
   "The child entangled the cord"
   entangle  tangle  mat  snarl 
   
4. tangle or complicate
   "a ravelled story"
   ravel  tangle  knot 
   

1. something jumbled or confused
   "a tangle of government regulations"
   tangle  snarl  maze 
   
2. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
   "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
   tangle