Interlace
/ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A decorative element found especially in early medieval art countable, uncountable
"Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns"
- 2 A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To cross one with another. transitive
"to interlace wires"
- 2 spin, wind, or twist together wordnet
- 3 To mingle; to blend.
- 4 hold in a locking position wordnet
- 5 To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately. intransitive
"interlacing branches"
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns"
Etymology
From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).