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.

Nearby words

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

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

At the door a couple is entwined on the floor blocking my departure from the suite.
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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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But it does raise the possibly tragic question of how her sexuality, addictions, and eventual death are entwined.
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Entwined within this Gordian knot is a truth so terrible as to be rarely spoken.
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In January they are pruned, and the branches left are entwined from tree to tree all along the line, and form impenetrable fences.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888|Various
They remained thus long, entwined, while little by little the violence of Dolly's despair moderated.
The Trimming of Goosie|James Hopper
His head is encircled with a chaplet of living serpents, that, entwined among his hair, keep up a constant hissing.
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It was a child sleeping at the foot of a cross, around which its arms were entwined.
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And about each happy dog's neck are entwined a loving master's arms.
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British Dictionary definitions for entwined

entwine

intwine

/ (ɪnˈtwaɪn) /

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

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

entwine

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

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British Dictionary definitions for entwined

entwine

intwine

verb

Word Origin and History for entwined

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