entangle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: entangle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for entangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entangle v entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" [syn: entangle, mire] twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" Synonym(s): entangle, tangle, mat, snarl Antonym(s): disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entangle \Entan"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. [bd]Entangling alliances.[b8] --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.