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"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "複雜的"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "raffiniert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "kunstvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "knifflig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "verzwickt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "vertrackt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "verwickelt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "filigran"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "diffizil"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "berdeménos",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "μπερδεμένος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "polúplokos",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "πολύπλοκος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "מסובך"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "מורכב"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "tekervényes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "bonyolult"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "szövevényes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "komplikált"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "casta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "achrannach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "aimhréidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "cas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "doraidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "doréidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "eanglamtha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "intricato"
},
{
"alt": "ふくざつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukuzatsu",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "複雑"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bokjap-hada",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "복잡(複雜)하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "contortus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "nodosus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zapletkan",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "заплеткан"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "cramp"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "takawhiwhiwhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "takawhīwhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "matatini"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "intrikat"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "intrikat"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "derchjehäakjat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "intrincado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slóžnyj",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "сло́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapútannyj",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "запу́танный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zamyslovátyj",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "замыслова́тый"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "eadar-fhighte"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "zložitý"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "komplikovaný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "intrincado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "intrikat"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "invecklad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "saligutgot"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "ince işçilik"
},
{
"alt": "複雜",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"word": "phức tạp"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cıtêfil"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "having a great deal of fine detail or complexity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cıtêfile"
}
],
"word": "intricate"
}
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{
"word": "extricate"
}
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "intricating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "intricated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "intricated",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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],
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{
"ref": "1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23)",
"text": "[…] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound."
}
],
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"To become enmeshed or entangled."
],
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"enmeshed",
"enmeshed"
],
[
"entangled",
"entangled"
]
],
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"(intransitive) To become enmeshed or entangled."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times",
"text": "But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate."
],
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"enmesh",
"enmesh"
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[
"entangle",
"entangle"
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],
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"(transitive) To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.keɪt/"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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}
],
"word": "intricate"
}
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