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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; snarl.
  2. v. To complicate; confuse.
  3. v. To involve in or as if in a tangle. See Synonyms at catch.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To tangle; intermix the parts of confusedly; make confused or disordered: as, to entangle the hair. See tangle.
  2. To insnare; involve, so as to render extrication difficult; subject to constraining or bewildering complications: as, to entangle fish in the meshes of a net; to entangle a person in a labyrinth.
  3. To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; hamper; bewilder.
  4. Synonyms To tangle, knot, snarl, mat.
  5. Involve, etc. See implicate.
  6. To confuse, mystify.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To tangle; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make confused and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
  2. v. To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
  3. v. To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate.
  2. v. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle.

WordNet 3.0

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

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