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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
entwine
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Fresh flowers were entwined in her hair.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A skilled historian is able to entwine his inventory material with evidence gathered from a variety of other sources.
▪ For helices to entwine together they must be of the same handedness, like the strands of a rope.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
entwine

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.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
entwine

also intwine, 1590s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + twine (n.). Related: Entwined; entwining.

Wiktionary
entwine

vb. To twist or twine around something (or one another).

WordNet
entwine
  1. v. 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]

Wikipedia
Entwine

Entwine is a Finnish gothic metal band from Lahti in Finland.

Usage examples of "entwine".

Laurel kept stumbling over tangles of alligator weed that was entwined with delicate yellow bladderwort and water primrose.

Tight and entwined as a king snake killing a diamondback rattler, the three went into the window frame and crashed through on to the street below, landing amongst the broken glass, luckily without cutting themselves.

Soft flesh pressed his torso front and back and smooth legs entwined his.

Their crowns entwined and crisscrossed and whispered with rain, and bowed and shifted as troops of monkeys passed through them like currents of wind, leaping from crown to crown, crying their untranslatable cries.

Shamrocks, flown in from Ireland, had been entwined with white lilacs, white orchid sprays, and white roses, and were all tied together with golden ribbons to decorate the Spanish olivewood altar railing.

Grimes stared at the three-dimensional depiction of a young lady with two pairs of overdeveloped breasts, indubitably mammalian and probably from mutated human stock, turned from it to the picture of a girl with less spectacular upperworks but with brightly gleaming jewelry entwined in her luxuriant pubic hair.

She entwined an ebony strand about her finger as she gazed up at the thick velvet canopy overhead and savored the thought that she had at long last found a man worth loving.

She became testier as the hours lengthened, pacing the lip of the pit, her hands entwined in the small of her back.

In the openings there were small trees with gorgeous erythrina-like flowers, glowing begonias, red lilies, a trailer with trumpet-shaped blossoms of canary yellow, and a smaller trailer, which climbs over everything that is not high, entwining itself with the blue Thunbergia, and bearing on single stalks single blossoms, primrose-shaped, of a salmon orange color with a velvety black centre.

They simply surrendered to the warmth d let the water massage their entwined limbs.

A golden diamante crown sits on his coarse grey hair and small jewels entwine his beard.

By candlelight reflected from copper and brass holders, the dwarven artisans worked with craggy hands to etch the old designs deeper: entwined dragons, bold kings, noble steeds, and fierce sailing vessels.

Cornelia moaned and twisted, encouraging her lover in every way she could, and they kissed again, their bodies now so completely entwined, so completely merged, that they seemed but one.

Genvissa still held Brutus by the hand, their fingers entwined, and she drew him to the southern rim of the summit.

Hicetaon realized only after several minutes of surreptitious observation was of entwined antlers.