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