Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among
その姿も、白い霧に紛れて見えなくなる。That figure too, lost in the white mist, becomes invisible.
2. to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.)
あの混乱に紛れて街を出たのかしら。I wonder if they left town under cover of all that confusion.
3. to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar
4. to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.); to forget about
これくらいやってる方が気は紛れる。Doing this much helps take one's mind off things.
5. to be distracted by; to be too absorbed in