Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
enlightenment
enlist
enlisted man
enlisted people
enlisted person
enlisted woman
enlistee
enliven
enmesh
enmity
ennage
Enniskillen
ennoble
ennui
ENO
enoki
enol
Click to move down the list of words
Print Preview
See pronunciation key
Search for "enmesh" in all of MSN Encarta
E-mail this entry
Blog about this entry on MSN Spaces
Download the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary

enmesh

en·mesh [ in mésh, en mésh ] (past and past participle en·meshed, present participle en·mesh·ing, 3rd person present singular en·mesh·es) or in·mesh [ in mésh ] (past and past participle in·meshed, present participle in·mesh·ing, 3rd person present singular in·mesh·es) or im·mesh [ i mésh ] (past and past participle im·meshed, present participle im·mesh·ing, 3rd person present singular im·mesh·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. catch in entanglement: to entangle somebody or something in something from which it is difficult to be extricated or separated
a government enmeshed in scandal

2. catch in net: to catch somebody or something in the mesh of a net


en·mesh·ment noun
Advertisement

Also on Encarta
Englishtown: Learn English online
Our Partners
Also on MSN
Encarta Message Boards (© Rubberball/Jupiterimages)
MSN Shopping
Encarta RSS Feeds
© 2008 Microsoft