verb🔗ShareTo tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated"The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net."natureenvironmentbiologyecologyconditionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult"She became entangled in a heated argument with her neighbor over the placement of the fence, making it difficult to resolve the dispute peacefully. "situationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share, to ensnare"The kitten got its paw entangled in the ball of yarn. "actionnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder."The student became entangled in the complicated instructions and couldn't finish the assignment. "actionsituationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareTangled or twisted together"The yarn was so entangled that I couldn't unravel it to knit. "natureconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareConfused or complicated"The instructions for the new software were so poorly written, they left me completely entangled in a web of confusion. "mindsituationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of two quantum states) correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable"Even though the two particles were far apart, their quantum states remained entangled; measuring one instantly affected the other. "physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
