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Definition of Intertwine
1. Verb. Spin,wind, or twist together. "Intertwined hearts"
Generic synonyms: Distort, Twine, Twist
Specialized synonyms: Wind, Wreathe, Wattle, Plash, Pleach, Knot, Ravel, Tangle, Splice
Related verbs: Twine
Derivative terms: Twine, Twiner
Antonyms: Untwine
2. Verb. Make lacework by knotting or looping.
Category relationships: Handicraft
Generic synonyms: Create From Raw Material, Create From Raw Stuff
Entails: Knot
Derivative terms: Tatting
3. Verb. Make a loop in. "Loop a rope"
Generic synonyms: Entwine, Knit
Specialized synonyms: Crochet, Hook, Noose
Derivative terms: Loop
Definition of Intertwine
1. v. t. To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
2. v. i. To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.
3. n. The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.
Definition of Intertwine
1. Verb. (transitive) To twine something together. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To become twined together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intertwine
1. [v -TWINED, -TWINING, -TWINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intertwine
Literary usage of Intertwine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gauge Fields and Cartan-Ehresmann Connections by Robert Hermann (1975)
"OPERATORS WHICH intertwine AFFINE GROUPS Continue with the notations of Section 3.
Let D: F -a (4.1) be a map between the two vector spaces. ..."
2. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... to interweave, interlace, intertwine, as thonis, as a net woven with meshes,
of tangled thread, of the appearance of entrails, of walking arm in arm, ..."
3. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"close up, form one mass, Ph : interlock, intertwine, twist, wind, CP : conclude.
... intertwine ..."
4. A Mandarin-Romanized Dictionary of Chinese: Including New Terms and Phrases by Donald MacGillivray (1921)
"... ch'an3-ych* ch'an3-yeh*-kuo*-yus ch'an3 (tz&) 35b ^ ch'an3 35a ~J] to wrap
round, to intertwine. to wind up or round. bound by obligations or ..."
5. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"ea to wind or twist through ..., to intwine, intertwine; ?orbee= ГСП mit Gp^CU —,
to twist bajs with ivy. ..."
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