(~s, entangling, ~d)
1.
If one thing ~s itself with another, the two things become caught together very tightly.
The blade of the oar had ~d itself with something in the water.
VERB: V n with/in n
2.
If something ~s you in problems or difficulties, it causes you to become involved in problems or difficulties from which it is hard to escape.
Bureaucracy can ~ ventures for months...
His tactics were to ~ the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.
VERB: V n, V n in/with n