slovo | definícia |
entangled (encz) | entangled,zamotaný Jaroslav Šedivý |
entangled (encz) | entangled,zapletený Jaroslav Šedivý |
entangled (gcide) | entangled \entangled\ adj.
1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower
terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; {knotted,
snarled, snarly}; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled.
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2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled.
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3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
ensnared.
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Entangled (gcide) | Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Entangling.]
1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be
easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and
intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
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2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication
a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to
insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to
entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling
alliances." --Washington.
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The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and
entangle their understandings. --Locke.
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Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose
future was so uncertain. --Froude.
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entangled (wn) | entangled
adj 1: deeply involved especially in something complicated;
"embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in
their affairs" [syn: embroiled, entangled]
2: twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled
growths of mesquite"
3: involved in difficulties |
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disentangled (encz) | disentangled, |
Disentangled (gcide) | disentangle \dis`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disentangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling.]
1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of
being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced;
to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as,
to disentangle a skein of yarn.
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2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage
from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to
disembroil; to set free; to separate.
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To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart.
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To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this
labyrinth. --Clarendon.
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A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal
mixtures. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear;
evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
[1913 Webster]disentangled \disentangled\ adj.
1. freed from an entanglement; -- of people or agents.
Syn: extricated, freed.
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2. straightened out.
Syn: loosened, unsnarled.
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disentangled (gcide) | disentangle \dis`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disentangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling.]
1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of
being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced;
to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as,
to disentangle a skein of yarn.
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2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage
from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to
disembroil; to set free; to separate.
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To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart.
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To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this
labyrinth. --Clarendon.
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A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal
mixtures. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear;
evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
[1913 Webster]disentangled \disentangled\ adj.
1. freed from an entanglement; -- of people or agents.
Syn: extricated, freed.
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2. straightened out.
Syn: loosened, unsnarled.
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Entangled (gcide) | entangled \entangled\ adj.
1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower
terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; {knotted,
snarled, snarly}; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
ensnared.
[WordNet 1.5]Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Entangling.]
1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be
easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and
intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
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2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication
a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to
insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to
entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling
alliances." --Washington.
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The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and
entangle their understandings. --Locke.
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Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose
future was so uncertain. --Froude.
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Unentangled (gcide) | Unentangled \Unentangled\
See entangled. |
disentangled (wn) | disentangled
adj 1: straightened out [syn: disentangled, loosened,
unsnarled] |
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