intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn]

verb (used with or without object)

intertwined, intertwining 

1. to twine together.

intertwine

/ ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn /

verb

1. Also: intertwist. to unite or be united by twisting or twining together

Other Word Forms

• intertwinement noun
• intertwiningly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of intertwine¹

First recorded in 1635–45; inter- + twine ¹

Example Sentences

These developments set the course of the intertwined antebellum economy in the North and South—an enslaved workforce in the South and an industrialized workforce in the North.

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For a variety of reasons, though, these companies have a mixed record, since the business of mental health is a complex, riven ecosystem intertwined with insurers and regulations.

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They understand the intertwining of local economies, the co-dependencies of air and water and traffic.

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For instance, undergraduate Lydia Liang intertwined the living spaces of a typical duplex to make it into a cooperative complex filled with indoor plantings and a rooftop garden.

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This is the gift “I Know This Much Is True” offers, a lengthy, lyrical vivisection of intertwined lives made of epic woe.

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Related Words

• convolute 
• entwine 
• interlace 
• interweave 
• mesh 
• tangle 
• weave