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intertangled

intertangled adjective: entangled, intertwined. Also the simple past and past participle of intertangle.

Adjective

intertangled (comparative more intertangled, superlative most intertangled)

  1. Entangled, intertwined.
    • [F]rom a cavern's mouth, o'ergrown / With moss and intertangled vines, / A streamlet leaps into the light / And murmurs over root and stone / In a melodious undertone; […]1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Tales of a Wayside Inn. The Second Day.] Interlude.”, in Three Books of Song, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC, book first, page 20

Also used as

intertangled is also the simple past and past participle of intertangle.

Forms of intertangled

comparativemore intertangled
superlativemost intertangled

Origin of intertangled

From intertangle + -ed.

Questions about intertangled

What does intertangled mean?
Intertangled means entangled, intertwined.
What part of speech is intertangled?
Intertangled is an adjective.

Words near intertangled in the dictionary

  1. intertalk
  2. intertalked
  3. intertalking
  4. intertalks
  5. intertangle
  6. intertangled
  7. intertanglement
  8. intertanglements
  9. intertangles
  10. intertangling
  11. intertank

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