Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Tangle
Tangle verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.
How words are described
| old | old keep | old tangle |
| short | short keep | short tangle |
| huge | huge keep | huge tangle |
| surprising | surprising keep | surprising tangle |
Both words in one sentence
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Cloth Fu: Peggy uses a piece of white cloth when fighting against Dottie in the finale, to tangle her arms and keep her from using her knife.
Source: Series / Agent Carter - Most people with Rapunzel Hair swear by the two basics: Braids and/or buns, which keep hair contained, tangle-free, and out of the way.
Source: Boring But Practical / Real Life -
Changelings mostly ditch the standard sins in favor of an extremely legalistic tangle of requirements to keep oaths explicitly stated.
Source: Deliberate Values Dissonance
Cite this Source
Tangle and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/tangle
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