entwine

[en-twahyn]

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

to twine with, about, around, or together.

Also intwine.

Origin of entwine

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

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

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Examples from the Web for entwined

Contemporary Examples

At the door a couple is entwined on the floor blocking my departure from the suite.
My Night at the NSFW Oscars
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January 22, 2014
When in high school the Waters moved down the street, John and Glenn became “two entwined pieces of energy,” as a friend said.
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It helps that Seapunk is entwined with a 1990s aesthetic, which has taken hold in the fashion world.
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December 10, 2012
But it does raise the possibly tragic question of how her sexuality, addictions, and eventual death are entwined.
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Tricia Romano
February 13, 2012
Entwined within this Gordian knot is a truth so terrible as to be rarely spoken.
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Leslie H. Gelb
May 21, 2011

Historical Examples

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
Let this cause be entwined around the very fibres of our hearts.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
It was a child sleeping at the foot of a cross, around which its arms were entwined.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)
Charles James Lever
And with all this was entwined the thought of Lilith Ormskirk.
The Sign of the Spider
Bertram Mitford
If you knew how the thought of you is entwined in every aspiration, and for life!'
Heartsease
Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for entwined

entwine

intwine

verb

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

Derived Formsentwinement or intwinement, noun

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Word Origin and History for entwined

entwine

v.

also intwine, 1590s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + twine (n.). Related: Entwined; entwining.

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Examples from the Web for entwined

Contemporary Examples

At the door a couple is entwined on the floor blocking my departure from the suite.

When in high school the Waters moved down the street, John and Glenn became “two entwined pieces of energy,” as a friend said.

It helps that Seapunk is entwined with a 1990s aesthetic, which has taken hold in the fashion world.

But it does raise the possibly tragic question of how her sexuality, addictions, and eventual death are entwined.

Entwined within this Gordian knot is a truth so terrible as to be rarely spoken.

Historical Examples

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

Let this cause be entwined around the very fibres of our hearts.

It was a child sleeping at the foot of a cross, around which its arms were entwined.

And with all this was entwined the thought of Lilith Ormskirk.

If you knew how the thought of you is entwined in every aspiration, and for life!'

entwine

intwine

Word Origin and History for entwined

entwine

v.

Origin of entwine