Enmeshed - 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

Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.

Usage examples:

She became embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew

verb

To cause someone or something to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation

Usage examples:

The un was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in another war.

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 caught up in complex difficulties or problems.

Usage examples:

The accumulation of these kinds of anecdotal stories of corruption convinced him to set a trap to e…

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

Catch in or as in a trap.

Usage examples:

Discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife

verb

To deceive someone into doing something wrong so that the person will be caught

Usage examples:

He claimed he was the victim of fbi entrapment.

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…

noun

A trap for catching birds or mammals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord.

Usage examples:

Most poachers used silent and invisible methods such as wire snares and jaw traps to capture their …

verb

Catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare.

Usage examples:

The foxes were humanely snared

verb

A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

noun

Restrictions or impediments to freedom of action.

Usage examples:

We will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism

verb

Deprive of freedom of action.

Usage examples:

We have no wish to be trammelled by convention

noun

A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

Usage examples:

The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps

verb

Short for trapdoor.

verb

Put trappings on (a horse).

Usage examples:

The horses were trapped with black velvet