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# entangled

adjective (entangled); also past tense and past participle of entangle

«entangled» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Caught and twisted up in string, rope, nets, hair or plants so it cannot move freely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#m1)
2. Twisted together in a messy knot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#m2)
3. Mixed up in a difficult situation, problem or relationship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#m3)

### In the lessons

Common in nature and safety texts («a seal entangled in netting»), in everyday life («entangled hair», «entangled wires») and in stories where characters are «entangled in a web of lies». It tells the reader that something is stuck or hard to get out of.

### Examples

- The bird was entangled in fishing line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x1)
- My hair got entangled in the zip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x2)
- The rescuers freed the entangled whale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x3)
- The roots were entangled under the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x4)
- She got entangled in a quarrel between her friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x5)
- His shoelaces were entangled in the bike chain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x6)
- The kittens rolled about, entangled in the wool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x7)
- This one had been caught by hounds when his tail had become entangled in the hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/#x8)

### Note

Past form of entangle: entangled. Used with «in»: entangled in. In physics, «entangled» also names a special link between tiny particles — that is far beyond primary school.

## In Jewish tradition

Pharaoh says the Israelites are lost and tangled up in the land, with no way out of the wilderness.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as Pharaoh's false thought that lured him to chase Israel to the sea, and God led him to it on purpose.

### Examples

- And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. (Torah EXO.14.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangled/#x1)

### Note

Past form of entangle: entangled. Used with «in»: entangled in. In physics, «entangled» also names a special link between tiny particles — that is far beyond primary school.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entangled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entangled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entangled.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «entangled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entangled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/entangled.html) on Mova free.