See main entry: entangle

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

entangled
adj.
VERBS be | become, get The fishing lines had become hopelessly entangled.
ADV. hopelessly
PREP. in He became entangled in legal disputes.
with Sara had got entangled with some political group.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

stuck [not before noun] fixed or trapped in a particular position or place and unable to move or be moved:
I can’t open this drawer – it’s stuck.
Sorry I’m late – I got stuck in traffic.
jammed [not before noun] stuck and impossible to move – used especially about parts of a machine, or something trapped between two surfaces:
The photocopier is jammed again.
I put in a 50p coin but it got jammed in the slot.
entangled [not before noun] twisted together and unable to be separated – used especially about things such as hair, wire, or string getting caught around something:
The chain of her necklace was entangled in her hair.
Swimming in the river is dangerous because you might get entangled in the weeds.
stranded stuck and unable to move from or leave a place – used about people, vehicles, and animals:
Hundreds of motorists were left stranded by the snowstorms.
We were stranded at Moscow airport.
The jellyfish were stranded on the beach.
beached stuck in shallow water or on the shore, and unable to move – used about whales, sea creatures, and boats:
They helped push the beached whale back into the sea.
the owner of the beached vessel

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