Meaning of ENTWINE
| Pronunciation: | | en'twIn
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- [v] spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"
- [v] tie or link together
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| | Synonyms: | | enlace, interlace, intertwine, knit, lace, twine |
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| | Antonyms: | | untwine | | |
| | See Also: | | conjoin, distort, fold, intertwine, join, knot, loop, plash, pleach, purl stitch, ravel, splice, tangle, twist, wattle, wind, wreathe | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\En*twine"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. {Intwine}.]
To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also
{intwine}.]
Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks.
--Shelley.
Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. --Herbert.
\En*twine"\, v. i.
To be twisted or twined.
With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress.
--De Quincey.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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