Intricate - English meaning

adjective

Relating to byzantium (now istanbul), the byzantine empire, or the eastern orthodox church.

Usage examples:

With the exception of the maronites and byzantine italians, each eastern church has its mirror imag…

noun

A citizen of byzantium or the byzantine empire.

Usage examples:

To the italians, the greek-speaking byzantines were greeks, like the greek inhabitants of southern …

adjective

Of or having to do with the ancient city of byzantium or the eastern roman empire

adjective

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.

Usage examples:

The canal followed a circuitous route

adjective

Not straight or direct; roundabout

Usage examples:

We took a circuitous route home., the train tracks wound circuitously through the canyons.

adjective

Consisting of many different and connected parts.

Usage examples:

A complex network of water channels

noun

A group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network.

Usage examples:

A complex of mountain roads

verb

Make (an atom or compound) form a complex with another.

Usage examples:

The dna was complexed with the nuclear extract

adjective

Consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate.

Usage examples:

A complicated stereo system

verb

Make (something) more complicated.

Usage examples:

Increased choice will complicate matters for the consumer

adjective

Having many parts that are organized in a way that may be difficult to understand

Usage examples:

A complicated machine/process, he gave me directions, but they were so complicated i got lost.

adjective

(especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow.

Usage examples:

The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens

verb

Make (an argument, story, etc.) complex and difficult to follow.

adjective

(esp. of expression in speech or writing) having a complicated structure and therefore difficult to understand

Usage examples:

A convoluted story/speech/plot

adjective

Ingenious, intricate, and confusing.

Usage examples:

This curious amalgamation of comfortable hotel and daedalian cruise ship

adjective

Having many details or facts; showing attention to detail.

Usage examples:

More detailed information was needed

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

adjective

Giving a lot of information with many details

Usage examples:

Detailed description a witness gave a detailed description of the man.

adjective

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.

Usage examples:

Elaborate security precautions

verb

Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail.

Usage examples:

The theory was proposed by cope and elaborated by osborn

adjective

Containing a lot of connected parts or many complicated details

Usage examples:

An elaborate ceremony, an elaborate fireworks display, they had created elaborate computer programs…

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…

noun

A difficult problem or situation

Usage examples:

To cut the gordian knot (= to deal with problems by taking forceful action)

adjective

Full of knots.

Usage examples:

Panelling in knotty pine

adjective

(of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting.

Usage examples:

Labyrinthine streets and alleys

adjective

Used to describe something that has a lot of parts and is therefore confusing

Usage examples:

Beneath the city lies a labyrinthine network of tunnels., it takes a fair amount of concentration t…

adjective

Elaborately or highly decorated.

Usage examples:

An ornate wrought-iron railing

adjective

Having a lot of decoration

Usage examples:

Ornate jewelry/buildings

verb

Untangle or unravel something.

Usage examples:

Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net

noun

A tangle, cluster, or knot.

Usage examples:

A ravel of knitting

adjective

Of or like a serpent or snake.

Usage examples:

Serpentine coils

noun

A dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin.

Usage examples:

The metamorphic mineral serpentine - or magnesium silicate hydroxide - is composed of magnesium, si…

verb

Move or lie in a winding path or line.

Usage examples:

Fresh tyre tracks serpentined back towards the hopper

adjective

Having many curves and turns.

Usage examples:

The river follows a sinuous trail through the dale

adjective

Moving in a twisting, curving, or indirect way, or having many curves

Usage examples:

He enjoyed watching the sinuous bodies of the dancers., the hikers followed the sinuous path throug…

adjective

Twisted together untidily; matted.

Usage examples:

His hair was a tangled mess

verb

Twist together into a confused mass.

Usage examples:

The broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt

adjective

Twisted into a messy mass of things

Usage examples:

She ran a hand through her tangled hair., the whole issue is getting too tangled (= confused).

adjective

Forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled.

Usage examples:

The crash left a trail of twisted metal across the carriageway

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

adjective

Unusual and strange; perverse

Usage examples:

The letter was clearly written by someone with a twisted mind., he missed the first game of the sea…

noun

A twisting movement or course.

Usage examples:

The windings of the stream

adjective

Following a twisting or spiral course.

Usage examples:

Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase

verb

Cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.

Usage examples:

The fall nearly winded him