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ENTANGLE

Pronunciation (US):

• ENTANGLE (verb)
The verb ENTANGLE has 2 senses:

1. entrap
2. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

Familiarity information: ENTANGLE used as a verb is rare.

• ENTANGLE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Entrap

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

entangle; mire

Context example:

Our people should not be mired in the past

Hypernyms (to "entangle" is one way to...):

involve (engage as a participant)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mat; entangle; snarl; tangle

Context example:

The child entangled the cord

Hypernyms (to "entangle" is one way to...):

distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "entangle"):

felt (mat together and make felt-like)

enmesh; ensnarl; mesh (entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They entangle their hair

Antonym:

disentangle (extricate from entanglement)

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(Azerbaijani proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Whilst doing one learns."
(Dutch proverb)

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