tangles is a form of:

Tangle



noun
1.
(Confused mass, a jumbled confused condition, knot of raveled threads, hair) a tangle of rope ការជំពាក់ជំពិន
Example: To tangle yam, My mind was in a tangle, tangled affair, a traffic tangle. finances are in a tangle ការច្របូកច្របល់
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ស្ថានភាព​ច្របូកច្របល់, ការ​ជំពាក់​វាក់វិន
verbpast tense: tangled ; past participle: tangled ; present participle: tangling ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) (1. To be or become entangled. 2. Informal. To enter into argument, dispute, or conflict: tangled with the law) lines tangle ប្រទាក់ឬជំពាក់គ្នា
2.
ជំពាក់​វាក់វិន​ក្នុង​ជំលោះ ឬ​ការ​វាយតប់​ជំពាក់​ជំពិន
3.
(TRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (up) (to hinder, to obstruct, to make confused, to become tangled, to twist and knot in a snarl) ធ្វើអោយប្រទាក់ជំពាក់គ្នា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina.
2.
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.
3.
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.
verbpast tense: tangled ; past participle: tangled ; present participle: tangling ;
1.
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.
2.
To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.