Reverse Dictionary: INVOLVE

ADJECTIVES
► ASS-DEEP deeply involved with; having a superabundance of → 1958 Amer. sl.
► ASSHOLE-DEEP. deeply involved with; having a superabundance of → 1963 Amer. sl.
► BOGGED TO THE SADDLE SKIRTS to be deeply involved or implicated in some situation → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► ENTHRALLED involved; indebted → 1903 Amer. dial.
► IMPLEX involved; having a complicated plot → 1710 obs.
► IMPLEXED involved, complicated → a1619 obs.
► IMPLICATE involved, intricate → 1555 obs.
► IMPLICIT entangled, entwined, folded, or twisted together; involved → 1608 obs.
► INTRINSE intricate, entangled, involved, complicated → 1605 obs.
► INTRINSICATE intricate, involved, entangled, perplexed → 1560
► INVOLUTE involved; entangled; intricate; formerly also, hidden, obscure → M17
► KAMSHACKLE involved, intricate, confused → 1838 Sc.
► LABYRINTHAL labyrinthine → 1669
► LABYRINTHIAL labyrinthine → a1550 obs.
► LABYRINTHIAN labyrinthine → 1588
► LABYRINTHIC labyrinthine → 1641
► LABYRINTHICAL labyrinthine → 1641
► LABYRINTHINE intricate, complicated, involved, inextricable → 1840
► NETWORK complicated, involved → 1675 obs.
► OVER HEAD AND EARS deeply immersed or involved, such as in love, in debt, etc. → 1576
► UP TO ONE’S ARSE ► UP TO ONE’S ASS totally involved in, overwhelmed by → 1960s sl.
► UP TO ONE’S ASSHOLE totally involved in, overwhelmed by → 1960s sl.
► UP TO ONE’S ASS IN ALLIGATORS deeply involved; overwhelmed → 1940s US sl.
► UP TO ONE’S ASS IN RATTLESNAKES deeply involved; overwhelmed → 1940s US sl.
► UP TO THE EARS deeply involved; hence, superabundantly supplied → 1839 colloq.
► WRAPPED UP IN involved with →  Aust. sl.

ADVERBS
► IMPLICITLY in an involved or confused manner → 1635 obs.

NOUNS
► IMPLICATE that which is implied or involved → 1881
► PIECE OF THE ACTION an involvement in an activity; a share in the profits of something → 1957 US sl.
► RAVELLED SKEIN a knotty problem, an involved situation → 1883 Sc.
► TANGLEMENT a difficulty; anything involved or confused → Bk1905 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► BE IN ON THE ACT to be involved in another’s activity → 1947 US sl.
► FALL IN ► FALL TO to become involved → M19
► GET IN ON THE ACT ► GET INTO THE ACT  to become involved in another’s activity; to take part → 1947 US sl.
► GET ONE’S TAIL IN THE WELL to become involved in some unpleasant or unfortunate business, affecting either character or interest → 1825 Sc.
► MESS WITH to become involved with; to use; to fool around with → 19C US sl.
► TANGLE UP WITH ► TANGLE WITH to become involved with → 1940s sl.
► GET A FALL OUT OF to involve oneself with something → L19 sl.
► IMMAZE to involve as in a maze or labyrinth → 1631 obs.
► IMMIX to involve or mix oneself up in or with something → 1593
► IMPLY to enfold, to enwrap, to entangle, to involve → c1374 obs.
► LANGLE to involve, to encumber, to curb, to restrain, to hamper, to frustrate → 1713 Sc.
► LAP to involve; to imply, to include; to implicate, to entangle → a1340 obs.
► LET SOMEONE IN FOR to involve, usually in unfortunate circumstances, such as financial ruin or a criminal prosecution → M19 sl.
► TAKE A FALL OUT OF to involve oneself with something → L19 sl.
► TATHER to entangle; to twist; to knot; to involve → Bk1905 Eng. dial.