to interlace
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5.1
- verb
- /ˌɪntərˈleɪs/
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- Put your hands behind your head and interlace your fingers.
Examples
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I tend to interlace my fingers and so forth.
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"Not much, I guess," he allowed, resting his hands on the table, fingers interlaced.
Fiction book (1999) -
I can interlace my own fingers.
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But with Will... their hands were interlaced.
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Trees and underbrush grew right up to the edge of the road, their branches interlacing overhead.
Fiction book (1992) -
Look at the way he's hunched over and his fingers are interlaced.
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Keep your fingers interlaced.
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Put your hands behind your head and interlace your fingers.
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I can interlace my fingers to create a strong grip.
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Hobo held out one hand, and she took it, interlacing her fingers with his.
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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5.4
Twist things together so they become joined or tangled
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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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6.3
To mix different things closely together, like threads or melodies
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4.1
To twist threads together or wind them around something
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9.2
To join things by twisting or linking them together
To twist thin threads or wires together
To twist threads or branches together to make something stronger
To wrap something by turning it around another object
To put threads or parts into something by crossing them to make a pattern
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 fold together so layers lie inside each other
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Interlace comes from inter- meaning 'between' and lace, like a shoelace made of crossing threads, so a helpful way to remember it is 'lace between'. So, to interlace is to weave or tie things 'between' each other so they cross together, as when you interlace your fingers.