intertwine

[ in-ter-twahyn ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn /

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

to twine together.

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Origin of intertwine

First recorded in 1635–45; inter- + twine¹

OTHER WORDS FROM intertwine

in·ter·twine·ment, nounin·ter·twin·ing·ly, adverb

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How to use intertwine in a sentence

Change would require solving all of those intertwined problems.
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As such, Paris was intertwined with the development of the civil rights movement in the United States.
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It’s about a nurse in Ireland, holed up in a hospital, working to save pregnant women and their newborns as her life intertwines with those of the people she’s quarantined with.
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In addition, he points out, Amazon’s plans are intertwined with a comprehensive revitalization plan for the area that includes the Virginia Tech campus and transportation plans from Metro.
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However, that shift to grow new streaming businesses is intertwined with the lessening of TV companies’ linear businesses.
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“The Foot” is where the intertwining stories of the Fisher family began to get cooking in earnest.
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Santiago has written an account of the intertwining history of empire and sugar.
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The intertwining of Perkins, Jeffress, Fischer, and Perry suggests that the focus on Mormonism was hardly a coincidence.
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The river slid by in a body, utterly silent and swift, intertwining among itself like some subtle, complex creature.
Sons and Lovers|David Herbert Lawrence
Her short sleeves, richly trimmed with batiste, are fastened by intertwining gold cords.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians|Mr Jkai
This method consisted in the dexterous intertwining of knots on strings, so as to render them auxiliaries to the memory.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
They stumbled over the furrows, they broke down the stalks, they tore aside the intertwining small, blue morning-glories.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston
Stalk and blade and tassel, and the intertwining small, pale-blue morning-glory, all were down.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for intertwine

intertwine

/ (ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn) /

verb

to unite or be united by twisting or twining togetherAlso: intertwist

Derived forms of intertwine

intertwinement, nounintertwiningly, adverb

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