entwine

[ en-twahyn ]

verb (used with or without object)

, en·twined, en·twin·ing.

1. to twine with, about, around, or together.

entwine

/ ɪnˈtwaɪn /

verb

1. (of two or more things) to twine together or (of one or more things) to twine around (something else)

Derived Forms

• enˈtwinement, noun

Other Words From

• en·twine·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of entwine¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; en- ¹ + twine ¹

Example Sentences

On the surface, they entail a diplomatic entente among nations, while at a deeper level they entwine themselves within the cultures, commerce and values of countless societies.

From Salon

Women’s images are abundant, and multiple artistic traditions gracefully entwine.

From Los Angeles Times

This further helped entwine wedding planning with aspirations of luxury and glamor.

From Salon

She and the filmmakers have gleaned how much ambivalence suffuses Saliers and Ray’s catalog, how often and how intensely it calls on fear, damage and anger to negotiate with courage and hope, how powerfully that ambivalence resides in the way that Ray’s sharper, huskier voice can both lurk beneath and entwine the solar clarity of Saliers’s.

From New York Times

On “The Sphinx,” their two voices entwine in an off-kilter unison, Cherry’s pocket cornet doubling Coleman’s plastic saxophone.

From New York Times

Related Words

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