enmesh

enmesh

verb

Definition of ENMESH

to catch or hold as if in a net <soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention>

Synonyms catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entoil, entrap, mesh, net, snare, tangle, trap

Related Words bag, birdlime, capture, collar; embroil, implicate, involve, mire

Near Antonyms detach, disengage, extricate; clear, free, liberate

Antonyms disentangle, untangle

Variants of ENMESH

enmesh also immesh