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v. To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; snarl.

v. To complicate; confuse.

v. To involve in or as if in a tangle. See Synonyms at catch.

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.

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.

v. To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

v. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate.

v. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle.

To tangle; intermix the parts of confusedly; make confused or disordered: as, to entangle the hair. See tangle.

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.

To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; hamper; bewilder.

Synonyms To tangle, knot, snarl, mat.

Involve, etc. See implicate.

To confuse, mystify.

v. entrap

v. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

"In the "Orsay group", the descriptions were soon developed to apply also to polymers in more concentrated solutions, in which the various chains can partly "entangle" themselves, and in high concentrations in pure melts of polymers."

disentangle   

entangled    entangles    entangling   

involve   

confuse   

entanglement    entangling    entangler   

perplex    bewilder    puzzle   

Angle    Wrangell    angle    bangle    dangle    disentangle    fangle    jangle    mangle    newfangle   

tangle    engrossed    vulnerable    perplex    confuse    ashamed    disarm    intoxicated    indebted    dissatisfied