interweave

[ verb in-ter-weev; noun in-ter-weev ]

verb (used with object)

, in·ter·wove or in·ter·weaved, in·ter·wo·ven or in·ter·wove or in·ter·weaved, in·ter·weav·ing.

1. to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
2. to intermingle or combine as if by weaving:

   to interweave truth with fiction.

verb (used without object)

, in·ter·wove or in·ter·weaved, in·ter·wo·ven or in·ter·wove or in·ter·weaved, in·ter·weav·ing.

1. to become woven together, interlaced, or intermingled.

noun

1. the act of interweaving or the state of being interwoven; blend:

   a perfect interweave of Spanish and American cultures.

interweave

/ ˌɪntəˈwiːv /

verb

1. to weave, blend, or twine together; intertwine Alsointerwork

Derived Forms

• ˌinterˈweavement, noun
• ˈinterˌweaver, noun

Other Words From

• inter·weavement noun
• inter·weaver noun
• inter·weaving·ly adverb
• unin·ter·woven adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of interweave¹

First recorded in 1570–80; inter- + weave

Example Sentences

Bark scars on trees in Ma’amtagila territory interweave their people today with prior generations.

From Seattle Times

"By changing the pH of the CMC, the water essentially becomes sticky. Freezing and thawing the solution causes the cellulose to compact and interweave itself into the sticky network, giving you a more organized structure, just as Swifts do when they create their nests. Only we don't have to use beaks and saliva to do it."

From Science Daily

“Being able to interweave different aspects of who I am — so like my Latino identity and then my competitive identity — together really just makes me feel more whole of a person,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times

Solar flares arise within the sun’s roiling soup of plasma when charged particles thrash around one another to form intense magnetic field lines that can tangle and interweave.

From Scientific American

The choreography here was delicate: There were too many cars to interweave without some allowances being made for mercy and confusion and expediency.

From New York Times

Related Words

• fuse
• intertwine
• knit