intertwine

  • 11intertwine — UK [ˌɪntə(r)ˈtwaɪn] / US [ˌɪntərˈtwaɪn] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms intertwine : present tense I/you/we/they intertwine he/she/it intertwines present participle intertwining past tense intertwined past participle intertwined 1) to… …

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  • 12intertwine — verb Intertwine is used with these nouns as the object: ↑finger …

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  • 13intertwine — verb (I, T) 1 if two things intertwine or are intertwined, they are twisted together: intertwining stems 2 be (closely) intertwined if two situations, ideas etc are intertwined, they are closely connected with each other: The problems of crime… …

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  • 14intertwine/interweave  — [v] twist around associate, braid, connect, convolute, crisscross, cross, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertwist, intervolve, interwind, interwreathe, link, mesh, network, relate, reticulate, tangle, tat, weave; concepts 113,114 Ant. untwine,… …

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  • 15intertwine — Date: 1641 transitive verb to unite by twining one with another intransitive verb to twine about one another; also to become mutually involved • intertwinement noun …

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  • 16intertwine — intertwinement, n. intertwiningly, adv. /in teuhr twuyn /, v.t., v.i., intertwined, intertwining. to twine together. [1635 45; INTER + TWINE1] * * * …

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  • 17intertwine — verb a) To twine something together. You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining, our many headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way. b) To become twined together …

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  • 18intertwine — Synonyms and related words: admix, alloy, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, braid, coact, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, cooperate, dovetail, emulsify, engage, enlace, entwine, fuse, hash, homogenize,… …

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  • 19intertwine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. [inter]mingle, interlace, interweave. See mixture, crossing. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. twist, braid, tangle; see twist , weave 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. entwine, tie, interweave, braid,… …

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  • 20intertwine — in|ter|twine [ ,ıntər twaın ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) to twist things together, or to be twisted together: The vines are intertwined to make a wreath. 2. ) to be closely connected with something else: Personal and business… …

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