to entwine

Examples

• All

• Couples are kissing in the corners, arms entwined; kissing by the posts.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The two of us, entwined, side by side.

  Batman & Robin (1997)

• So fear and and, and luck and risk are all entwined with each other.

• My left hand had been resting in my lap, entwined with the right.

  Fiction book (1996)

• A story irrevocably entwined with our own.

  'Til There Was You (1997)

• Just as values and interests are entwined, so are these policy motives.

  Academic text (2000)

• Character education cannot be taught as a separate curriculum, but must be entwined in all curricula.

  Academic text (2000)

• When it is still, they stand patiently, their branches entwined.

  Battle Hymn (1957)

• Evenings spent trying to figure out the other's body turned into mornings relaxing comfortably with entwined fingers and legs.

  To the New Girl (2020)

• Lovers' shadows... forever entwined.

  Pavilion of Women (2001)

Synonyms

I

to intertwine

vsto entwine

46 5.4

Twist things together so they become joined or tangled

is the general term for twisting together in literal or figurative ways

T

to tangle

vsto entwine

46 3.7

To twist things together so they are hard to pull apart

is more neutral and may not imply a messy or hard to separate result

L

to lace

vsto entwine

12 3.9

To twist threads or materials together to make a braid

is about any twisting together, not specifically making decorative fabric

I

to interlace

vsto entwine

6 5.1

To cross things like fingers or strings so they hold together

is more about general winding while this focuses on crossing patterns

E

to entangle

vsto entwine

6 4.9

Twist things together so they are hard to separate

is neutral about result while this stresses becoming messy and hard to separate

I

to interweave

vsto entwine

4 6.3

To mix different things closely together, like threads or melodies

emphasizes weaving method while the key covers general twisting or winding

T

to twine

vsto entwine

1 4.1

To twist threads together or wind them around something

is broader and applies to many materials and figurative uses

C

to convolute

vsto entwine

1 8.4

Twist or coil together into a tight, tangled mass

is simpler twisting while this emphasizes complex coiling and folded forms

E

to enlace

vsto entwine

• Archaic

1 9.2

To join things by twisting or linking them together

is more neutral and is used for simple twisting or winding actions

E

to entangle around

vsto entwine

1 6.4

To twist something so it wraps around another thing and gets stuck

is general twisting while this specifically means winding tightly around another object

T

to twistle

vsto entwine

• UK

9.9

To wrap something by turning it around another object

focuses on coiling material around objects while the key covers broader winding

C

to complect

vsto entwine

• UK

9.9

To join parts together by weaving or tangling

is more about physical twisting while this stresses structural interconnection

I

to intermesh

vsto entwine

7.4

To become tangled together like roots so parts are hard to separate

is about twisting items together rather than forming a locked connected network

I

to interfold

vsto entwine

7.9

To fold together so layers lie inside each other

is about twisting or winding while this focuses on folding layers together

Antonyms

U

to untwist

2 3.7

To make something that is twisted become straight

How Intertwined

weave

35 4.2

braid

47 1.3

to entwine

21 5.4

twist

51 2.4

to wind

225 3.2

to loop

28 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology