Number and Tangle

Number

Number verb - To find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added.

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Tangle and number are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tangle" instead a verb "Number".

Nearby Words: numberless, numbered, numbering

Tangle verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.

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Number and tangle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Number" instead a verb "Tangle".

Nearby Words: tangled, tangling, tangly

similar	similar number	similar tangle
enormous	enormous number	enormous tangle
huge	huge number	huge tangle
ridiculous	ridiculous number	ridiculous tangle
Other adjectives: vast, surprising.

There are a number of scenes in the show showing Homer industriously at work in his workshop, resulting in a sorry tangle of lumber and nails.

Source: Failure Montage
Criminal Minds sees the BAU tangle with a number of cults.

Source: Cult
Chris Claremont's quasi-trilogy X-Men: The End pulled together tons of old storylines he either left hanging or were quashed by editors / other writers, along with a number of others, into a semi-Bad Future story that tried to reconcile the tangle that the X-Books had become.

Source: Continuity Porn

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