A tangled mess or entanglement, often used figuratively to describe a confusing or perplexing situation.

(also figuratively) A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.

Entwine or tangle something, form something out of discrete elements, unwind or pull apart thread or fabric, confuse or perplex, and reshape a variable in the apl programming language.

Become untwisted or unwound, become unwoven or fray, or become entangled or snarled.