entangles
Catches in complexity
Entangles means to catch or twist something so it becomes tangled or trapped.
Fishing line entangles in seaweed; a bird entangles itself in netting.
Figuratively, to entangle is to involve someone in complications: She got entangled in office politics, entangled in a web of lies.
In physics, entangled particles share quantum states across distances.
Tied rope fastening
Final amount remaining
- webInterwoven filament structure
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
network · weave · fabric · trellis · interlace · gauze · screen · filigree
Involve in strife
- enmeshCatch in interwoven strands
- involveTo contain as part
- implicateSuggest involvement in wrongdoing
- complicateMake more difficult
confuse · muddle · snarl · mire · ensnare · compromise · incriminate · draw in
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- involvementState of being engaged
- liaisonConnector between groups
- romanceLove and its excitement
- attachmentConnection or fondness
intimacy · dalliance · fling · tryst · commitment · connection · bond · enmeshment
Device for catching prey
decoy · noose · pitfall · ambush · quicksand · mousetrap · entrapment · enmesh
Minute pieces of matter
- photonsDiscrete packets of radiance
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
nonlocality · Bell · qubit · decoherence · quantum state · measurement · paired · linked
knot
Tied rope fastening
kink · rope · twine · thread · yarn · braid · weave · cord · snag · mat
net
Final amount remaining
grid · network · weave · fabric · trellis · interlace · gauze · screen · filigree · lacework
embroil
Involve in strife
- enmeshCatch in interwoven strands
- involveTo contain as part
- implicateSuggest involvement in wrongdoing
complicate · confuse · muddle · snarl · mire · ensnare · compromise · incriminate · draw in · catch up
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- involvementState of being engaged
- liaisonConnector between groups
- romanceLove and its excitement
attachment · intimacy · dalliance · fling · tryst · commitment · connection · bond · enmeshment · codependency
snare
Device for catching prey
bait · decoy · noose · pitfall · ambush · quicksand · mousetrap · entrapment · enmesh · embroil
particles
Minute pieces of matter
- photonsDiscrete packets of radiance
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
correlation · nonlocality · Bell · qubit · decoherence · quantum state · measurement · paired · linked · synchronized
entanglesdisentangles
Frees from complication
untangles · extricates · frees · releases · disengages
entanglesclarifies
Makes more understandable
explains · simplifies · untangles · elucidates · sorts out
- romantic entanglementsComplex love relationships
- quantum entanglementInseparable particle state pairing
- Foreign entanglementProblematic ties with other nations
- entangled particlesLinked subatomic units sharing state
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