verb
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to catch or involve in or as if in a tangle; ensnare or enmesh
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to make tangled or twisted; snarl
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to make complicated; confuse
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to involve in difficulties; entrap
Related Words
See involve.
Other Word Forms
- entangleable adjective
- entangledly adverb
- entangledness noun
- entangler noun
- entanglingly adverb
- interentangle verb (used with object)
- unentangleable adjective
- unentangled adjective
- unentangling adjective
Etymology
Origin of entangle
Example Sentences
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Bea becomes entangled with a cute waiter at the remote region’s bar and grill.
Others flood victims with repeated filings that make it appear they are entangled in complex financial disputes.
From Los Angeles Times
The risk of the high-speed approach is that the administration cuts corners and finds itself entangled in a protracted legal morass, legal and energy experts said.
“We humans became as clever as we are, so the argument goes, because we were entangled within a demanding flurry of interaction,” Sheldrake writes.
From Los Angeles Times
The boat reportedly became entangled in a fishing net, causing loss of control and the vessel overturning in strong currents.
From BBC
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