Associations to the word «Entangle»

Wiktionary

ENTANGLE, verb. To tangle; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make confused and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
ENTANGLE, verb. To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult; hence, metaphorically, to ensnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
ENTANGLE, verb. To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

Dictionary definition

ENTANGLE, verb. Entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past".
ENTANGLE, verb. Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley