Definition of Entangle

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(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

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entangle
\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." the difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain.
entangle
v
1. entrap; "our people should not be mired in the past" [syn: mire]


2. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "the child entangled the cord" [syn: tangle, mat, snarl]
[ant: disentangle, disentangle]

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To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.

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Dyfethlu = v. to entangle

Dyrysu = v. to entangle

Maglu = v. to snare, to entangle

Nidro = v. to entangle

Rhysu = v. to rush; to entangle

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Verb
1. entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
(synonym) mire
(hypernym) involve
(derivation) web, entanglement
2. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
(synonym) tangle, mat, snarl
(antonym) disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out
(hypernym) twist, twine, distort
(hyponym) felt