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.

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Also intwine.

Origin of entwine

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

OTHER WORDS FROM entwine

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

Words nearby entwine

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

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How to use entwine in a sentence

The grandfather’s sperm DNA changed its shape, leaving a blueprint of the experience entwined in the genes.
How Much Do Our Genes Restrict Free Will?|Hannah Critchlow|November 29, 2020|Singularity Hub
More ephemeral — and thus more characteristic — are Annie Broderick’s cloud of suspended cotton twill and Adjoa Burrowes’s shredded-cardboard wall piece, which entwines strips of a box’s raw-brown and printed-blue sides.
In the galleries: A wide array of media carry election-year messages|Mark Jenkins|October 30, 2020|Washington Post
The business model for premium short-form programming is similarly entwined.
Quibi’s shutdown underscores economic challenge for big-budget, bite-sized shows|Tim Peterson|October 23, 2020|Digiday
If it turns out that dodders truly use only FT from hosts to induce flowering, Westwood says that would be a simple and elegant example of how evolution has entwined plant parasites with the organisms they depend on for survival.
This parasitic plant eavesdrops on its host to know when to flower|Jonathan Lambert|September 4, 2020|Science News

For Crompton, this particular produce-themed product is closely entwined with art history.
Summer Is Forever With This Corn-on-the-Cob Chair|Emma Orlow|August 28, 2020|Eater
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.
Is Obama Too Thoughtful?|Michael Signer|February 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I said, with my imagination full of boa-constrictors big enough to entwine and crush us up.
Mass' George|George Manville Fenn
Her eyes never moved from him, her fingers to the last sought to entwine themselves with his.
The Shadow of Ashlydyat|Mrs. Henry Wood
They entwine garlands around the high pillars, and put wreaths of laurel over the arched windows.
Nelly's First Schooldays|Josephine Franklin
From that day forward he would scarcely part from Virginia, so completely did she entwine herself round his heart.
The Settlers|William H. G. Kingston
A beautiful portion of Holland's glorious history affords the espalier, around which the tendrils of my narrative entwine.
The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete|Georg Ebers

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

Origin of entwine

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British Dictionary definitions for entwine

intwine

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