interlace
verb (used without object)
to cross one another, typically passing alternately over and under, as if woven together; intertwine.
interlacing
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present participleof interlace.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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An interlacing of memoir and anecdote, it begins with the author as a young boy, growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., left agog by the Bronx Zoo’s immersive Amazon exhibit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Imagine interlacing clips of a baby taking a bath in a sink with “Country Roads.”
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
Besides interlacing environmental, scientific and social themes that whirl through zealotry and nihilism, it’s also a first-contact scenario that forces a reckoning.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
Such feelings are what prompted Valdes to try to normalize mental health struggles by interlacing her products with humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
They picked a way among the trees, and their ponies plodded along, carefully avoiding the many writhing and interlacing roots.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
