Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn]
See more synonyms for intertwine on Thesaurus.com
verb (used with or without object), in·ter·twined, in·ter·twin·ing.
  1. to twine together.
Show More

Origin of intertwine

First recorded in 1635–45; inter- + twine1
Related formsin·ter·twine·ment, nounin·ter·twin·ing·ly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for intertwining

Contemporary Examples

Historical Examples

  • It was a glaucous, intertwining, delicious flux and contest in flux.

    The Rainbow

    D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

  • And this life was like a forest, boundless and impenetrable, up-springing, intertwining.

    His Family

    Ernest Poole

  • At every stage of the discussion our subject is made complex by the intertwining of the human and the Divine.

    What and Where is God?

    Richard La Rue Swain

  • A strange planet is this, for the shifting of national loyalties and the rending and intertwining of bonds of union!

    Lafayette

    Martha Foote Crow

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for intertwining

intertwine

verb
  1. to unite or be united by twisting or twining togetherAlso: intertwist
Show More
Derived Formsintertwinement, nounintertwiningly, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for intertwining

intertwine

v.

1640s, from inter- + twine (v.). Related: Intertwined; intertwining.

Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper