to intertwine
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5.4
- verb
- /ˌɪntərˈtwaɪn/
:
entrelazar
- Reform of the judicial system is therefore intertwined with reform of the political system as a whole.
- inextricably intertwined
- closely intertwined
- become intertwined
They're actually, these two are trying to like intertwine with one another.
- They're actually, these two are trying to like intertwine with one another.
- How much should spouses intertwine their finances?
- So to complex is to add more than one thing, to intertwine more than one thing together.
Examples
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The vines intertwine beautifully around the garden trellis.
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Despite distinctive gender roles, immigrant women's lives have always been intertwined with those of immigrant men.
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So, yeah, they were intertwined in, in multiple ways.
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But that being said, it's also so intertwined with life.
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How much should spouses intertwine their finances?
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Life and loss are intertwined, as are hurt and healing.
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So that one's destiny intertwines with many others.
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Recently, however, humanitarian and security interests have become increasingly intertwined for the United States.
Academic text (1999) -
The journey to natural capitalism involves four strongly intertwined and synergistic shifts in business practices.
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Education and conservation objectives are intertwined at Nokuse Plantation and the E. O. Wilson Biophilia Center.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.5
To make cloth by crossing threads or to join things into a single piece
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3.7
To twist things together so they are hard to pull apart
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5.4
To twist things together, often like plants or rope
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3.9
To twist threads or materials together to make a braid
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6.4
To join the ends of rope, wire, or film by weaving them together
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5.1
To cross things like fingers or strings so they hold together
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4.9
Twist things together so they are hard to separate
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6.3
To mix different things closely together, like threads or melodies
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6.5
To make something tangled and difficult to understand
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4.1
To twist threads together or wind them around something
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8.4
Twist or coil together into a tight, tangled mass
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6.4
To twist something so it wraps around another thing and gets stuck
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9.2
To join things by twisting or linking them together
To become tangled together like roots so parts are hard to separate
To join parts together by weaving or tangling
To fit together closely like the fingers of two hands
To wrap something by turning it around another object
To twist thin threads or wires together
To fold together so layers lie inside each other
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word intertwine is made of inter- meaning 'between' and twine meaning 'to twist' or 'a thin string'. So, imagine two threads or vines twisting with each other; to intertwine is to wind or link things together.