Concept cluster: Actions > Entanglement or complexity
adv
(with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).
adj
In a tangled condition; mixed confusedly together.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To tangle around or about, entwine, encumber.
adj
Woven about; woven into or throughout; (by extension) pervasive
adj
(UK, dialect, Pembrokeshire) tangled
n
(idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
n
(figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
v
(archaic, transitive) To join by weaving.
adj
(obsolete) Intertwined.
adj
(botany) Plaited lengthwise and also twisted.
v
(transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
adj
(dialect, rare) Tangled (of hair).
adj
Complicated and difficult; knotty.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
n
embroilment, entanglement; the state of being or getting embrangled
v
Alternative form of enmesh [To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh or net like manner.]
v
Alternative form of impleach [to entwine, entangle]
adj
(obsolete) curled
n
The state of being enmeshed; entanglement.
v
To immerse in mire; to bog down.
v
(transitive) To enfold, as if in mist.
v
(obsolete) To pierce.
v
To entangle; to enmesh.
n
(uncountable) The condition of being ensnared
v
To entangle; to trap.
v
Obsolete spelling of entangle [(transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.]
adj
That can be entangled.
n
The quality of being entangled.
n
The act of entangling.
n
entanglement
v
To capture with toils or nets; to ensnare.
n
(archaic) Entanglement; fold.
v
(transitive) To hamper by entangling.
n
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
n
A situation of being entwined; an entanglement.
n
The action or situation of something that entwines.
adv
So as to entwine.
adj
(physics) equally entangled
v
(transitive, intransitive) To tangle or entangle.
v
(intransitive) To become entangled.
adj
That fringes.
adj
Twisted; convoluted; tied as a knot.
adv
In the manner of a grate; arranged as if in a grate.
adj
(television) Scheduled between two other programmes, by hammocking.
adj
Resembling a hand.
n
A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.
v
(transitive) To feed (leather fibres) through a textile core, part of a manufacturing process that avoids the use of chemicals.
n
The process of hydroentangling.
adj
(physics) entangled in more than one degree of freedom
n
(physics) entanglement involving more than one degree of freedom
v
To ensnare or entrap; to entangle; to catch.
v
(linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
n
A complicated situation; an entanglement.
v
(transitive) To enmesh; to catch as with meshes; to ensnare.
v
to entwine, entangle
adj
Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
v
(archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
adj
(obsolete) entangled, twisted together.
v
(archaic) to enfold, entangle.
adj
encrusted
v
To become ingrown.
v
Obsolete form of enhearsed.
v
Alternative spelling of immesh To enmesh; to catch as with meshes and nets; to ensnare.
v
Alternative spelling of ensnare [To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.]
v
(obsolete) To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle.
v
To entangle together.
n
The act or result of interentangling.
adj
Entangled, intertwined.
n
The entanglement together of more than one thing.
adj
Mixed together; intertwined; intertwingled.
adj
twined or twisted together
n
A twining together.
v
To twist together; to intertwine
n
The motion or position of things that interweave; an elaborate tangle.
adj
inwrought; woven in
adj
(obsolete) Intricate, entangled.
v
(intransitive) To become enmeshed or entangled.
n
(obsolete) entanglement
n
an intricacy; a web of intrigue
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate.
adj
Alternative form of involute [(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated.]
n
Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
v
(largely obsolete, transitive) To complicate or make intricate.
adj
Worn or worked into; inwrought.
adj
enwound
adj
(figuratively) Fixed, established, ingrained.
n
(figuratively) A tangled mess.
adj
(obsolete) interlocked
adj
knotty; gnarled
adj
Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
n
(by extension) Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character.
n
(figuratively) Any situation or event that requires considerable coordination of many people or resources, beyond the original organizer's expectations.
v
(intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
v
(transitive) To catch in a mesh.
adj
overlapping; contorted; convoluted
adj
Of an article of clothing, very tight.
n
(geometry) Tendril perversion.
adj
entrapping; ensnaring
adj
Having branches bent down and intertwined.
adj
Entwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.
v
(transitive) To pin; fasten.
n
(by extension) Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.
v
To bend, twist, or contort; to pretzel.
adj
(informal) Bent; twisted; contorted
n
A confusingly labyrinthine environment.
v
To interweave or twist together.
n
(idiomatic) Something that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly.
n
A difficult, entangling situation.
adj
tangly; entwined like fibres
n
confusion; entanglement
adj
(slang) tangled (from a rebracketing of "rectangle" as "rec tangle")
adj
creased or folded upwards
n
(figuratively) An issue or situation which repeatedly reveals more levels of complexity.
adj
Of a garment: close-fitting; clingy.
n
A tangled, knotted, or intertwined mass.
v
(transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
v
(transitive) to entangle
n
(UK, dialect, obsolete, rare) intertwistings and entanglements of thread, string, etc. when carelessly handled
n
(informal) Anything tangled or confusing.
n
(obsolete) A streak.
n
(rare) Strangulation.
adj
(botany) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
adj
That strangles, or gives a sensation of strangling.
v
(transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
n
A difficult or confusing situation with many complex components.
n
The quality of being tangled.
n
entanglement
n
One who tangles.
adj
Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.
adv
So as to entangle.
adj
Entangled; intricate.
adj
Tapered; narrowing to a point.
v
(informal) To become anxious; to fret.
v
To entangle, as in a net.
adv
(rare) So as to trap someone or something.
v
(obsolete) To mingle; to mix.
adv
So as to twine.
v
(transitive) To ensnare or entangle.
n
(derogatory) Complex legal wrangling.
v
To bind with withes.
adv
So as to wreathe.
adj
(archaic) Made or shaped by intertwining; plaited.

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