Embroils - English meaning

phrasal verb

Learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened

phrasal verb

To reach someone or something by moving faster than the other person or thing

Usage examples:

She is really fast, and i couldn’t catch up with her., fig. we’re a young, growing company, and we’…

phrasal verb

To do something you did not have time to do earlier

Usage examples:

Catch up on sth we're trying to catch up on paperwork this week., catch up with sth sam drove strai…

verb

Cause to become entangled in something.

Usage examples:

Whales enmeshed in drift nets

verb

Catch in or as in a trap.

Usage examples:

They were ensnared in city centre traffic

verb

Take or catch as if in a trap

verb

To catch or get control of something or someone

Usage examples:

Spiders ensnare flies and other insects in their webs., be ensnared in they wanted to make a formal…

verb

Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.

Usage examples:

Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled

verb

To trap something within something else from which it is difficult to escape

Usage examples:

A seal became entangled in the fishing net., fig. the movie explores the entangled (= mixed togethe…

verb

Have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result.

Usage examples:

My job involves a lot of travelling

verb

To include someone or something in an activity

Usage examples:

The accident involved two cars and a truck., the operation involves inserting a small tube into the…

noun

A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

Usage examples:

Acres of land had been reduced to a mire

verb

Cause to become stuck in mud.

Usage examples:

Sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down

noun

An area of deep, wet, sticky earth, or fig. any messy situation

Usage examples:

The cart’s wheels sank in the red mire., fig. at the time the country was mired in the great depres…