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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | capture |
| Synonyms: | bag*, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, hook*, lasso, nab, trap |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch, trap |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bag*, corral*, decoy, enmesh, entangle, entrap, get hands on, involve, land, lure, net, pull in, round up, seduce, seize, tempt, wire |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, liberate, loosen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complicate, mess up |
| Synonyms: | confuse, embroil, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entwine, involve, muck, muddle, perplex, ravel, tangle |
| Antonyms: | fix, simplify, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knot, complicate |
| Synonyms: | catch, coil, confuse, derange, discompose, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul up, hamper, implicate, interlace, interlock, intertwist, interweave, involve, jam, kink, make a party to, mat, mesh, mess up*, mix up, muck up, obstruct, perplex, ravel, snarl, tie up, trap, twist, unbalance, upset |
| Antonyms: | straighten, uncomplicate, untangle, untwist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch, snare; trick |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, ambush, beguile, box in, circumvent, collar, corner*, corral*, deceive, decoy, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fool, grab, hook, inveigle, land*, mousetrap, nab, nail, net, overtake, rope in, seduce, snag, suck in, surprise, take, tangle, trammel, trip up |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | twine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coil, twist together |
| Synonyms: | bend, braid, corkscrew, curl, encircle, enmesh, entangle, entwine, interlace, interweave, knit, loop, meander, plait, spiral, splice, surround, tangle, twist, undulate, weave, wind, wrap, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten, untwist |
| Main Entry: | mat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make interwoven mass |
| Synonyms: | entangle, interweave, pad, twist |
| Main Entry: | mat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plait |
| Synonyms: | braid, dishevel, entangle, entwine, felt, snarl, tangle, twine, twist, weave |
| Main Entry: | trammel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trap |
| Synonyms: | bind, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
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