interweave
Americanverb (used with object)
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interweaves,
present (3rd person singular)
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interweaved,
past participle, past
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interwove,
past
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interwoven,
past participle
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interweaving
present participle
verb (used without object)
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interweaves,
present (3rd person singular)
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interweaved,
past participle, past
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interwove,
past
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interwoven,
past participle
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interweaving
present participle
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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interweavesimple
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interweavessimple
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have interweavedperfect
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have interwovenperfect
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has interweavedperfect
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has interwovenperfect
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am interweavingprogressive
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are interweavingprogressive
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is interweavingprogressive
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have been interweavingperfect progressive
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has been interweavingperfect progressive
Past
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interweavedsimple
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interwovesimple
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had interweavedperfect
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had interwovenperfect
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was interweavingprogressive
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were interweavingprogressive
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had been interweavingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of interweave
Example Sentences
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Patterson and editor Patrick J. Smith interweave scenes of intrigue and shocking violence, take liberties with Amziah’s storytelling asides and give us barn-burning musical sequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Nobody really has ever tried to interweave an actual plot story into a dogfight, and we were trying to do that."
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The tight, tree-lined fairways interweave with a treasure trove of archaeological remnants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Solar flares arise within the sun’s roiling soup of plasma when charged particles thrash around one another to form intense magnetic field lines that can tangle and interweave.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
Then she had braided her hair, using her hands to interweave the thick dark strands deftly, tying the end of the heavy plait with a leather strip.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Each episode interweaves multiple narratives about the human impact of the attacks and its aftermath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
It interweaves the traditional Latin text of the Requiem Mass with the anti-war poetry of soldier Wilfred Owen, who was killed a week before the Armistice.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
At his best, Stanford interweaves vivid prose, a reverence for nature and a seasoned Angeleno’s eye for what makes this city unique.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
Hare interweaves Lena’s story with that of her father several decades earlier, as secrets are slowly uncovered.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
With this theory he interweaves an amazing number of facts which seem to favour the opinion enunciated in the book of Ecclesiastes—i.e., that there is nothing new under the sun.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
Club president Raj Khosla spoke about the "magnificent scenic beauty" and "uniqueness of a wonderful course" interweaved with monuments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Collins peppers the new concert with personal stories interweaved with ones about The Town Hall, which is celebrating its centennial this year.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
When they conversed, and interweaved stories and opinions with all; Menelaus spoke succinctly, few but very sweet words, since he was not talkative, nor superfluous in speech, and was the younger.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various
I preferred walking; and though my shoes and the hem of my gown were covered with prickles and thorns, which interweaved themselves in an extraordinary manner through a satin dress, I enjoyed the walk amazingly.
From Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay by Miss Emma Roberts
Then when Spring's rain and sun together trod And interweaved swift steps the meadow through, Old rites revived; they bore the shapen god With green stalks and first-budded boughs, and drew Together youth and age.
From Poems New and Old by John Freeman
Mullins interwove perspectives from three young transgender people in Florida, Texas and Illinois, along with mental health providers, advocates and allies.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Strayed's memoir made for a tricky adaptation, as she interwove her experiences on the trail with recollections of the life that got her there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2014
Flynn simply — or, rather, complexly — interwove the narratives: Nick’s in the present, revealing more of his sins as he tracks the treasure-hunt clues, and Amy’s in the past, through her diary.
From Time ● Sep. 30, 2014
Written by its gutsy performer MacLaine, Still Life interwove affectionate elements of biography with a more oblique sense of what it cost to be the human starting point for lasting art.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2012
Kira could see that it was intricately decorated with carved designs that interwove around it in complicated curves.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Arcade’s approach underscores how tightly interwoven technology and security and compliance can be, especially when it comes to complex areas such as AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time — the interwoven fabric of space and time at the heart of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
“For consumers, we connect marketing, search, renting, touring, financing and closing into a single, coherent experience interwoven with professional workflows,‘’ CEO Jeremy Wacksman and Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Hofmann wrote in a letter to investors.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Twig's is interwoven into the culture of Shawano, a close-knit city of little more than 9,000 people.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Stanley cupped his hands together, and Zero stepped on his interwoven fingers.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
Palantir’s involvement is just one of countless instances across U.S. history interweaving industry and national defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The beetles rear and feed their young under the bark of spruce trees in complex webs of interweaving tunnels called galleries.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025
It was with my editor, Damian Rodriguez, a process of interweaving and braiding those three strands.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
Williams’ first show proved to be an ambitious endeavor, interweaving the luxury and sophistication of high fashion with the pulsating energy and broad appeal of pop culture and entertainment.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
His fervor for the written word was an interweaving of solemn respect and gossipy irreverence.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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