ENTANGLED
entangled
(adjective) twisted together in a tangled mass; “toiled through entangled growths of mesquite”
entangled
(adjective) involved in difficulties
embroiled, entangled
(adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated; “embroiled in the conflict”; “felt unwilling entangled in their affairs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
entangled
simple past tense and past participle of entangle
Adjective
entangled (comparative more entangled, superlative most entangled)
tangled or twisted together
confused or complicated
(physics) (of two quantum states) correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable
Source: Wiktionary
ENTANGLE
En*tan"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Entangling.]
1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling alliances." Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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