"enmesh" meaning in English

See enmesh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: enmesh [canonical], enmeshes [third-person, singular], enmeshed [past], enmeshed [past, participle], enmeshing [present, participle]
Etymology: en- + mesh Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|en|mesh}} en- + mesh Head templates: {{verb|enmesh|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you enmesh with someone, personal boundaries disappear or are permeable.
    Sense id: simple-enmesh-en-verb-29ttu9JD
  2. If you enmesh something, you entangle and interweave it, usually in the appearance of a net.
    Sense id: simple-enmesh-en-verb-20B8kKgx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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