"enmesh" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɛnˈmɛʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enmesh.wav [Southern-England] Forms: enmeshes [present, singular, third-person], enmeshing [participle, present], enmeshed [participle, past], enmeshed [past]
Etymology: en- + mesh Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|mesh}} en- + mesh Head templates: {{en-verb}} enmesh (third-person singular simple present enmeshes, present participle enmeshing, simple past and past participle enmeshed)
  1. To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner. Translations (To mesh; to tangle or interweave): впримчвам (vprimčvam) (Bulgarian), vangen (Dutch), verweven (Dutch), piéger (French), captiver (French), enredar (Occitan), entrelaçar (Occitan), enredar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-enmesh-en-verb-9hVqxcbJ Disambiguation of 'To mesh; to tangle or interweave': 93 4 3
  2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
    Sense id: en-enmesh-en-verb-pf1~48Ov
  3. To involve in difficulties. Translations (To involve in difficulties): 陷入(困境) (ham⁶ jap⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), betrokken zijn (Dutch), verwikkeld zijn (Dutch), entortiller (French), inclure (French), englober (French), enrambolhar (Occitan), empedegar (Occitan), enredar (Occitan), enredar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-enmesh-en-verb-z3XkL4yo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 69 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 29 24 47 Disambiguation of 'To involve in difficulties': 3 14 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inmesh Translations (To involve in such complications): уплитам (uplitam) (Bulgarian), verstrikken (Dutch), emberlificoter (French), empêtrer (French), entortiller (French), empedegar (Occitan), enredar (Occitan), empetegar (Occitan), enrambolhar (Occitan), enmarañar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'To involve in such complications': 7 49 44

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