[syn: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intwine \In*twine"\, v. t. [Cf. Entwine.]
To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath
of flowers intwined. [Written also entwine.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Entwine \En*twine"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine.]
To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also
intwine.]
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Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks.
--Shelley.
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Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. --Herbert.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Entwine \En*twine"\, v. i.
To be twisted or twined.
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With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress.
--De Quincey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
entwine
v 1: tie or link together [syn: knit, entwine]
2: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
"Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn:
intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace,
lace] [ant: untwine]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "entwine":
braid, burden, coil, corkscrew, cramp, cripple, cumber, curl,
embarrass, encumber, enlace, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil,
entrammel, entrap, fetter, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble,
impede, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine,
intertwist, interweave, intort, intwine, involve, knit, lace, lame,
lime, loom, loop, lumber, mat, net, noose, plait, pleach,
press down, raddle, saddle with, shackle, snarl, spiral, splice,
tangle, tissue, toil, trammel, twill, twine, twist, wattle, weave,
web, weigh down, wreathe