entangle

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/

Verb

transitive figuratively

(transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated. / (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.

Japanese Meaning

他動詞：物を絡ませたり、ねじり合わせたりして、分けにくくするようにする。 / 他動詞：事柄や状況を複雑に絡み合わせ、抜け出しにくい状態にする。

What is this buttons?

The careless fisherman managed to entangle the net around the buoy and couldn't free it.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

不注意な漁師は、網を浮標に絡ませてしまい、外せなくなった。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.

The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.

Sense（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To ensnare.

But when I turn away, / Thou, willing me to stay, / Wooest not, nor vainly wranglest; / But, looking fixedly the while, / All my bounding heart entanglest, / In a golden-netted smile; […]

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Sense（4）

entangles

（ present singular third-person ）

entangling

（ participle present ）

entangled

（ participle past ）

entangled

（ past ）

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