entangled
adjective C1- Tangled or twisted together.
- Confused or complicated.
- Correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable.
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He flew around with a great whir of his wings and settled upon a large ram, with the intention of carrying him off, but his claws became entangled in the ram’s fleece and he was not able to release himself, although he fluttered with his feathers as much as he could.
But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it.
Then they both bowed low, and their curls got entangled together.
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