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Meaning of 'entangle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Entangle [ 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'entangle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . entangle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- entrap
Example in sentence:
  • Our people should not be mired in the past
Meaning (2):
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
Example in sentence:
  • The child entangled the cord

Nearby Words:

ent- entablature entablement entackle entad entail entailed entailing entailment ental

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