English > entangle: 2 senses > verb 2, contactMeaning | Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Model | They entangle their hair |
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Example | "The child entangled the cord" |
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Synonyms | tangle, mat, snarl |
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Narrower | enmesh, mesh, ensnarl | entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh |
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felt | mat together and make felt-like |
Broader | twist, twine, distort | form into a spiral shape |
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Opposite | disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out | extricate from entanglement |
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Spanish | enmarañar, enredar |
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Catalan | embolicar, embullar, enredar |
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