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Definition of Interweave
1. Verb. Interlace by or as if by weaving.
Generic synonyms: Distort, Twine, Twist
Specialized synonyms: Plait, Inweave, Raddle, Ruddle, Shoot, Tinsel, Braid, Pleach
Antonyms: Unweave
Derivative terms: Weave
Definition of Interweave
1. v. t. To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
Definition of Interweave
1. Verb. To combine two things through weaving ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Interweave
1. [v -WEAVED, -WOVE, -WOVEN, -WEAVING, -WEAVES]
Medical Definition of Interweave
1. 1. To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven. "Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven." (Milton) 2. To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood. "Words interwove with sighs found out their way." (Milton) Origin: Interwove; Interwoven; Interweaving. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interweave
Literary usage of Interweave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"owe to great authors, the bits of Shakspere, or Milton, or Dickens, or Thackeray,
which unconsciously interweave themselves in our ordinary talk, ..."
2. The Remains of the Late Mrs. Richard Trench: Being Selections from Her by Melesina Chenevix St. George Trench (1862)
"... this neighbourhood, which I consider as my adopted home; and I wish you would,
on a second edition, interweave a few more anecdotes of his private life. ..."
3. 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, ..."
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