| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plait |
| Synonyms: | braid, dishevel, entangle, entwine, felt, snarl, tangle, twine, twist, weave |
| Main Entry: | carpet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nappy floor covering |
| Synonyms: | carpeting, matting, rug, runner, tapestry, throw rug, wall-to-wall |
| Notes: | a carpet originally denoted a thick fabric that covered a table or bed; a rug is generally smaller than a carpet |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build |
| Synonyms: | assemble, back, border, constitute, construct, encase, enclose, erect, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, institute, invent, lath, make, manufacture, mat, model, mold, mount, panel, produce, put together, raise, set up, shingle |
| Antonyms: | destroy, raze |
| Main Entry: | rug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carpet |
| Synonyms: | carpeting, floor covering, mat, matting, runner, shag, tapestry, throw rug, wall-to-wall carpeting |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knot, complicate |
| Synonyms: | catch, coil, confuse, derange, discompose, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul up, hamper, implicate, interlace, interlock, intertwist, interweave, involve, jam, kink, make a party to, mat, mesh, mess up*, mix up, muck up, obstruct, perplex, ravel, snarl, tie up, trap, twist, unbalance, upset |
| Antonyms: | straighten, uncomplicate, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | weave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend, unite; contrive |
| Synonyms: | braid, build, careen, complect, complicate, compose, construct, create, criss-cross, crochet, cue, entwine, fabricate, fold, fuse, incorporate, interfold, interlace, interlink, intermingle, intertwine, introduce, knit, knot, loop, lurch, make, make up, manufacture, mat, merge, mesh, move in and out, net, piece together, plait, ply, put together, reticulate, sew, snake, spin, splice, twine, twist, twist and turn, whip through, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | web |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting |
| Synonyms: | cobweb, complexity, entanglement, fabric, fiber, filigree, gossamer, interconnection, interlacing, involvement, labyrinth, lacework, lattice, mat, matting, maze, mesh, meshwork, morass, net, network, plait, reticulation, screen, skein, snarl, tangle, texture, tissue, toil, trellis, warp, weave, webbing, weft, wicker, woof |