to tangle up a lock
1tangle — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, a outrance, absorb, allure, bag, bait the hook, ball up, bandy with, battle, battle it out, birdlime, bump heads, burden, can of worms, catch, catch out, catch… …
2tangle — 1. verb 1) the wool got tangled Syn: entangle, snarl, catch, entwine, twist, ravel, knot, enmesh, coil, mat, jumble, muddle 2) he tangled with his old rival Syn …
3tangle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snarl, mix up, jumble, mattedness; complication, involvement. v. mat, snarl; knot, mix inextricably; snare, trap, enmesh; catch, perplex; embroil, complicate. See disorder, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) …
4tangle — v 1. snarl, ravel, knot, mat, entangle; kink, twist, intertwist; intertwine, interlace, interweave; disorder, disarrange, muss, mess, dishevel, shuffle, ruffle, rumple, tousle; complicate, confuse, jumble, scramble, Sl. ball up, muddle; jam, tie… …
5fight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. battle, affray, brawl, quarrel; contest, struggle; pugnacity. Slang, scrap. See contention, irascibility, resolution. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A violent struggle] Syn. strife, conflict, contention, feud …
6gel-1 — gel 1 English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm” Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …
7quarrel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. altercation, wrangle, squabble, spat (inf.); dispute, controversy, feud. v. i. dispute, disagree, wrangle, squabble; find fault. See discord, disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An angry dispute]… …
8The Golden Key — is a fairy tale written by George MacDonald. It was published in 1867 .It is particularly noted for the intensity of the suggestive imagery, which implies a spiritual meaning to the story without providing a transparent allegory for the events in …
9dispute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. contradict, controvert, doubt, contest, question; argue, debate, quarrel, bicker, wrangle. n. disputation, debate, argument, disagreement. See discord, negation, reasoning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
10squabble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. quarrel, bicker, altercate, fall out. n. falling out, quarrel, dispute, wrangle, spat, argument. See contention, discord. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrangle, bickering, quarrel, spat*; see dispute .… …
