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Meanings of entangle in English

Portuguese
emaranhar
Catalan
embullar
Spanish
enredar

Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.

emaranhar
Spanish
embrollar

Entrap.

embrollar
Synonyms
Examples for "mat"
Examples for "mat"
1
You can also use a marble mat which contains different point zones.
Wired
2
She takes to her mat every day according to her changing needs.
Reuters
3
He had no idea how much efficiency the mat lost with age.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
It was empty; the mat was pulled down from before the door.
Montlivet
5
The mosses help produce a mat that insulates the soil View Article
The new yorker
1
And in the midst of the fleecy tangle Snowball struggled in vain.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb
2
It is the same affair; part and parcel of the same tangle.
The Avenger
3
The state was honeycombed and mined; society was a tangle of plots.
Animal Heroes
4
The lane ended just beyond in a tangle of weeds and undergrowth.
The Web of Life
5
Things are in a sad tangle; I can't see the way out.
The House Behind the Cedars
1
The snarl untangled itself; men began to step back and produce pocketlamps.
The Drums of Jeopardy
2
A snarl of fury burst from the throat of the deposed general.
Beverly of Graustark
3
Faith and Grace leaned forward to look at the snarl of traffic.
Faith
4
Ayla felt him leave, and an instant later heard him snarl menacingly.
The Plains of Passage
5
The spitty snarl of the apparatus filled the air for rods roundabout.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front

To confuse completely by concealing one's true motives from, especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.

Usage of entangle in English
1
You can entangle me without fear; and I can love without hope.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
2
For this reason do the Scribes and Pharisees seek to entangle him.
The Coming of the King
3
Why should she hesitate to endeavor to entangle the curate of St.
A Fair Barbarian
4
A genius could dance through obstacles that would hopelessly entangle ordinary men.
Think of a number
5
Thus it sometimes happens that men entangle themselves in their own schemes.'
Life of Johnson, Volume 3 / 1776-1780
6
The starch polymers then entangle, creating an interconnected structure that builds viscosity.
Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
7
Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
8
It certainly was Mr. Crawley's wish that the bishop should entangle himself.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
9
He stared at the robot and tried to entangle some dartoid muscles.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
10
We didn't want to entangle our situation with this nuclear conundrum.
Somewhere inside
11
Each tried to entangle the other in his net and secure a hold.
Vergilius: A Tale of the Coming of Christ
12
Observe the raised bars on the latter, to entangle and break the sword-point.
Authorised Guide to the Tower of London
13
No reliable way had been found to breach barbed-wire entangle ments.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
14
So I intended to catch you unawares, and to entangle you in it.
Oddsfish!
15
They entangle him in contradictions and confessions which disclose his guilt.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
16
Victor moved past them, being careful not to entangle his lifeline.
Earth Unaware
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