enmeshment
- noun
- /ɪnˈmɛʃmənt/
- Divers carefully removed the dolphin from the enmeshment of discarded fishing lines.
Examples
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The bird struggled to escape from the enmeshment of the plastic netting.
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The enmeshment of roots made it difficult to dig up the old tree.
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The fish found itself in a state of enmeshment in the net.
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There was a significant enmeshment of the threads in the fabric.
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The rescue team quickly freed the turtle from the enmeshment of fishing nets it had accidentally swum into.
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The child's toys were in a state of enmeshment as the strings tangled around each other.
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After the storm, the old boat was found in a deep enmeshment of debris and branches.
Synonyms
A difficult situation that traps someone, often with lies
A situation in which someone is trapped by a trick or tool
Things twisted and woven together so they are closely connected
A state in which things are twisted or woven closely together
Folding inward, as when petals close
Antonyms
How Entangled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enmeshment comes from en- 'in' plus mesh 'net', so it originally pictures being 'in a net'. This makes it easy to see the literal meaning: being physically caught or tangled, as a bird or fish can be in a net.