Snarl Up (Verb)
Meaning
Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The wires snarled up inside the phone, making it difficult to repair.
- A piece of loose thread had snarled up the knitting, and it would have to be unraveled.
- The car's engine had snarled up due to a loose screw getting tangled into the fan belt.
- In an effort to increase productivity, the introduction of multiple extra steps snarled up the manufacturing process.
- A bit of weed in the mower's blades snarled up the mechanism and made it malfunction.