entwine
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has entwinedperfect 3rd person singular
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have entwinedperfect
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am entwiningprogressive 1st person singular
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have been entwiningperfect progressive
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has been entwiningperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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is entwiningprogressive 3rd person singular
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are entwiningprogressive
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entwinessingular 3rd person
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entwiningparticiple
Past
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had entwinedperfect
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were entwiningprogressive plural
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was entwiningprogressive singular
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had been entwiningperfect progressive
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entwinedsimple
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entwinedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of entwine
Explanation
To entwine is to twist and tangle or weave together. When you hold hands with someone, you entwine your fingers together. A long-haired girl can entwine flowers in her curls, and she might love it when her pet snake entwines around her arm. When you knit a scarf, you entwine different colors of yarn together. There is also a figurative way to entwine: "Ever since I met you, I knew that our lives would entwine together!" Entwine combines the prefix en-, "make," and twine, "twisted strands," from the Old English twin, "double thread."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
