ENTANGLE


Meaning of ENTANGLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntæŋg(ə)l ]

( entangles, entangling, entangled)

1.

If one thing entangles itself with another, the two things become caught together very tightly.

The blade of the oar had entangled itself with something in the water.

VERB : V n with/in n

2.

If something entangles you in problems or difficulties, it causes you to become involved in problems or difficulties from which it is hard to escape.

Bureaucracy can entangle ventures for months...

His tactics were to entangle the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.

VERB : V n , V n in/with n

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