entangle

Definition of Entangle in English :

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Verb

1. entangle, mire

entrap

Example Sentences:
'Our people should not be mired in the past'

mire

2. entangle, mat, snarl, tangle

twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

Example Sentences:
'The child entangled the cord'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Entangle

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verb (transitive)

1.

to catch or involve in or as if in a tangle; ensnare or enmesh

2.

to make tangled or twisted; snarl

3.

to make complicated; confuse

4.

to involve in difficulties; entrap

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verb transitiveWord forms: enˈtangled or enˈtangling

1.

to involve in or as in a tangle; catch, as in a net, vine, etc., so that escape is difficult; ensnare

2.

to involve in difficulty

3.

to confuse mentally; perplex

4.

to cause to be tangled or confused; complicate

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tr.v. en·tan·gled, en·tan·gling, en·tan·gles

1. To cause to become twisted together or caught in a snarl or entwining mass: The fishing lines became entangled. His foot was entangled in the wiring.

2. To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage: The country found itself entangled in a series of regional conflicts. She wanted to avoid relationships that might entangle her emotions. See Synonyms at catch.

3. Physics To cause (the quantum states of two or more objects) to become correlated in such a way that they remain correlated, even though the objects are separated spatially.

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