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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Entangle \En*tan"gle\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
entangled \entangled\ adjective
1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}]
Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5]
2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as, entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled. [WordNet 1.5]
3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net; ensnared. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
entangled
adjective
1: deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs" [syn: {embroiled}]
2: twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite"
3: involved in difficulties
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