Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: mat, mire, snarl, tangle

Antonyms: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl

See Also: distort, enmesh, ensnarl, felt, involve, mesh, twine, twist

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