Entwine

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intwine \In*twine"\, v. t. [Cf. {Entwine}.]
     To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath
     of flowers intwined. [Written also {entwine}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Entwine \En*twine"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. {Intwine}.]
     To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also
     {intwine}.]
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           Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks.
                                                    --Shelley.
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           Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. --Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Entwine \En*twine"\, v. i.
     To be twisted or twined.
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           With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress.
                                                    --De Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  entwine
       v 1: tie or link together [syn: {knit}]
       2: spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the
          ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope" [syn: {intertwine},
           {twine}, {enlace}, {interlace}, {lace}] [ant: {untwine}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "entwine":
     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