About The Word Entangle

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Entangle

Entangle Meaning & Definition
Entangle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Entangle?

[v] twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
[v] entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Entangle: mat | mire | snarl | tangle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Entangle: absorb | addle | addle the wits | allure | bag | bait the hook | ball up | becloud | bedazzle | befuddle | bewilder | birdlime | bother | bug | burden | capture | catch | catch out | catch up | catch up in | clog | cloud | complicate | concern | confound | confuse | cramp | cripple | cumber | daze | dazzle | decoy | discombobulate | discomfit | discompose | disconcert | disorganize | disorient | disturb | draw in | embarrass | embrangle | embroil | encumber | engage | enmesh | ensnare | ensnarl | entoil | entrammel | entrap | entwine | enweb | fetter | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | foul | foul up | fuddle | fuss | gin | hamper | hamstring | handicap | harpoon | hobble | hook | hook in | impede | implicate | interest | intertwine | interweave | inveigle | involve | knot | lame | land | lasso | lime | louse up | lumber | lure | maze | mesh | mess up | mist | mix up | moider | muck | muck up | muddle | nail | net | noose | perplex | perturb | pother | press down | put out | raise hell | ramify | rattle | ravel | rope | ruffle | sack | saddle with | screw up | shackle | snag | snare | snarl | snarl up | sniggle | spear | spread the toils | suck into | take | tangle | tangle up with | throw into confusion | toil | trammel | trap | trip | twist | unsettle | upset | weigh down | wind

See Also | distort | enmesh | ensnarl | felt | involve | mesh | twine | twist

Entangle In Webster's Dictionary

\En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entangling}.] 1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. ``Entangling alliances.'' --Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. --Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. --Froude.

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