Definition of "entangling" []

• Present participle of entangle. (verb)

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• "Observation would soon show them that fish fed greedily on each other and on other inhabitants of the water or living things that fell into it, and so, no doubt, arose the idea of entangling the prey by means of its appetite."
• "But presently, in order to terrify them still more, he strode toward them, when, his sword entangling his legs, he fell upon the field of glory, and the people passed over him singing their sweetest songs."
• "It creates the worst kind of entangling alliances that President Washington warned about."