entwine

[ en-twahyn ]

/ ɛnˈtwaɪn /

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verb (used with or without object), en·twined, en·twin·ing.

to twine with, about, around, or together.

Words nearby entwine

entry blank, entry-level, entryism, entryway, entrée, entwine, entwist, entypy, enucleate, enuf, enugu

Also intwine.

Origin of entwine

First recorded in 1590–1600; en-¹ + twine¹

OTHER WORDS FROM entwine

en·twine·ment, nounun·en·twined, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for entwine

C2 was clearly preferable, since the disparate strands needed to entwine.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Thought and action are not mutually exclusive; at their best, they entwine, like a strand of DNA.
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Serpents and dragons 82 entwine on the lintels, and emblematize the Church's power to overcome.
The Cathedral Builders|Leader Scott
We stock the farm with creeping and climbing plants, without any trees of firmer growth for them to entwine round.
Garden Cities of To-Morrow|Ebenezer Howard

Her eyes never moved from him, her fingers to the last sought to entwine themselves with his.
The Shadow of Ashlydyat|Mrs. Henry Wood
I will entwine my bright sword in myrtle, After the example of Harmodius and Aristogiton.
Quo Vadis|Henryk Sienkiewicz
I wish Sympson would come again, and oblige her again to entwine her arms about me.
Shirley|Charlotte Bront

British Dictionary definitions for entwine

entwine

intwine

/ (ɪnˈtwaɪn) /

verb

(of two or more things) to twine together or (of one or more things) to twine around (something else)

Derived forms of entwine

entwinement or intwinement, noun

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entwine

verb (used with or without object), en·twined, en·twin·ing.

Words related to entwine

Words nearby entwine

Origin of entwine

OTHER WORDS FROM entwine

Example sentences from the Web for entwine

British Dictionary definitions for entwine

intwine

verb

Derived forms of entwine