Entangled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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              The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and
              entangle their understandings.        --Locke.
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              Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose
              future was so uncertain.              --Froude.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  entangled \entangled\ adj.
     1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower
        terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted,
        snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}]
  
     Syn: tangled.
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     2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
        entangled in the conflict.
  
     Syn: embroiled.
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     3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
        ensnared.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  entangled
       adj 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