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1. (v.t.) entangle
to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
2. entangle
to involve in or as if in a tangle:
to be entangled in intrigue.
3. entangle
to involve in difficulties.
Etymology: (1530–40)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) entangle, mire
entrap
"Our people should not be mired in the past"
2. (verb) entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
"The child entangled the cord"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) entangle
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. (verb) entangle
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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Sense: to cause (something) to become twisted or tangled with something else
Her long scarf entangled itself in the bicycle wheel; entangled in an unhappy love affair.
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 Afrikaans: verstrik, verwikkel |
 Arabic: يَشْبِك |
 Bulgarian: вплитам |
 Brazilian: emaranhar |
 Czech: zaplést se |
 German: verwickeln |
 Danish: filtre ind; vikle ind |
 Greek: μπλέκω |
 Spanish: enredar, enmarañar |
 Estonian: sisse mässima |
 Farsi: گرفتار کردن؛ گیر انداختن |
 Finnish: sotkeutua |
 French: emmêler |
 Hebrew: לְסַבֵּך |
 Hindi: उलझाना, फंसाना |
 Croatian: zaplesti, zamrsiti |
 Hungarian: összekuszál |
 Indonesian: melibatkan |
 Icelandic: flækja(st) í |
 Italian: impigliare; invischiare |
 Japanese: もつれさせる |
 Korean: 얽히게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: į(si)painioti, į(si)velti |
 Latvian: sapīties; iepīt; iejaukt |
 Malay: terperangkap |
 Dutch: verstrikken |
 Norwegian: filtre seg sammen, vikle |
 Polish: zaplątać |
 Persian: گرفتار کردن؛ گیر انداختن |
 Pashto: نيول، ګيرول، ايسارول، سره |
 Portuguese: emaranhar |
 Romanian: a seîncurca |
 Russian: запутывать(ся) |
 Slovak: zapliesť sa |
 Slovenian: zaplesti |
 Serbian: upetljati |
 Swedish: trassla (snärja) in |
 Thai: ทำให้พัวพันในปัญหา |
 Turkish: dolaştırmak, dolanmak |
 Taiwanese: 纏住 |
 Ukrainian: заплутувати(ся) |
 Urdu: پھندے میں پھنسنا ، معاملا |
 Vietnamese: vướng vào |
 Chinese: 缠住 |
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