confused+mass

  • 51tumble — I. verb (tumbled; tumbling) Etymology: Middle English, frequentative of tumben to dance, from Old English tumbian; akin to Old High German tūmōn to reel Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to fall suddenly and helplessly b. to suffer a… …

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  • 52Africa — • This name, which is of Phoenician origin, was at first given by the Romans to the territory about the city of Carthage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Africa     Africa      …

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  • 53tangle — tan·gle || tæŋgl n. disorderly mass, jumble; confusing or complicated condition; fight (Informal) v. cause to become intertwined in a confused mass; cause to become involved in a confusing or complicated situation, entangle; become twisted and …

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  • 54tangled — tan·gle || tæŋgl n. disorderly mass, jumble; confusing or complicated condition; fight (Informal) v. cause to become intertwined in a confused mass; cause to become involved in a confusing or complicated situation, entangle; become twisted and …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 55tangles — tan·gle || tæŋgl n. disorderly mass, jumble; confusing or complicated condition; fight (Informal) v. cause to become intertwined in a confused mass; cause to become involved in a confusing or complicated situation, entangle; become twisted and …

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  • 56tangling — tan·gle || tæŋgl n. disorderly mass, jumble; confusing or complicated condition; fight (Informal) v. cause to become intertwined in a confused mass; cause to become involved in a confusing or complicated situation, entangle; become twisted and …

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  • 57mess — I. n. 1. Dish. 2. Set (who eat together), company. 3. Medley, mixture, miscellany, mass, farrago, hotch potch, hodge podge, jumble, salmagundi, mish mash, olio, confused mass, mélange. 4. Muddle, predicament, plight, confusion, perplexity, pickle …

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  • 58afoulpostnominal foul fouled — entangled entangled adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}] Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5] 2. deeply involved… …

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  • 59Balaklava mel'ee — Mel ee M[^e] l[ e]e (m[asl] l[asl] ), n. [F., fr. m[^e]ler to mix. See {Meddle}, {Mell}, and cf. {Mellay}.] 1. A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray. [1913 Webster] 2. A cavalry… …

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  • 60entangled — adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}] Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5] 2. deeply involved especially in something …

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