Entwine

//ɪnˈtwaɪn// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To twist or twine around something (or one another).

    "Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, / Entwin'd in duskier wreaths her braided locks / O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; […]"

  2. 2
    spin, wind, or twist together wordnet
  3. 3
    tie or link together wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
intertwineinterlaceintertwineknitlacetwine

Example

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""Broken by war, long baffled by the force / of fate, as fortune and their hopes decline, / the Danaan leaders build a monstrous horse, / huge as a hill, by Pallas' craft divine, / and cleft fir-timbers in the ribs entwine. / They feign it vowed for their return, so goes / the tale.""

Etymology

From en- + twine (verb).

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