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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
intertwine
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
closely
▪ The enterprise-based bargaining structure is closely intertwined with the structure of workers' trade unions.
inextricably
▪ The paradox is that this skilfulness is inextricably intertwined with incompetence.
▪ Often these concerns were inextricably intertwined, in job meetings, phone calls, and after-hours bar conversations.
▪ Orthodoxy and national identity were inextricably intertwined, and religious leaders became the spokesmen of national revolt.
▪ In the eyes of geophysicists, hydrothermal circulation is inextricably intertwined with the pulsing bank of heat inside the planet.
▪ It was inextricably intertwined with wider social and political forces and changes.
▪ But this is of little comfort, since the two are commonly inextricably intertwined.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intertwine

Intertwine \In`ter*twine"\, v. t. To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
--Milton.

Intertwine

Intertwine \In`ter*twine"\, v. i. To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.

Intertwine

Intertwine \In`ter*twine"\, n. The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.
--Coleridge.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
intertwine

1640s, from inter- + twine (v.). Related: Intertwined; intertwining.

Wiktionary
intertwine

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To twine something together. 2 (context intransitive English) To become twined together.

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

  2. make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: tat]

  3. make a loop in; "loop a rope" [syn: loop]

Usage examples of "intertwine".

The bloodlines of most Amish, and those Mennonites descended from them, are so tangled and intertwined that most of us are our own cousins.

Angel opened her eyes, Arian swore he saw the heavens in her eyes and the astrological sign of Aries combined with Aquarius intertwined.

I looked at the incredibly lovely girl in the mirror, she bedecked in a rope of red silk, made-up, perfumed vulnerable, soft, with armlets and bracelets, golden beads intertwined in the Turian collar.

It was nearly impossible to see through the branches intertwined around the house.

Immeasurable, because in the great exemplars the bullshit is so artfully mingled and intertwined with actual received wisdom that its essential nature is deracinated and pasteurized.

The woman was Everywoman, the bracelet on her right wrist suggested intertwined hearts.

On the bed the boy lay atop a girl, faces flushed, hips moving slowly, arms and legs intertwined.

Spanish dancer, and jewelry I immediately covetedchunky gold earrings and the necklace that was intertwined with the scarfa long gold chain interset with gold-edged black stones.

Now she returns to the sweeping plains of Montana and the lives of Ty and Jessy Calder whose destiny is intertwined with the terrain itself --bold, wild, untamed, and unpredictable.

A second man lay belly-down between the intertwined legs, his face in the junction.

Extending to the right of another they saw two pairs of legs intertwined around entangled genitals, undulating in the familiar rhythm.

In the sweet depth of woven caresses, And our faint limbs were intertwined, Alas!

Amatl mind, ancient Mesoamerican beliefs were so intertwined with Catholic liturgy as to be one indivisible belief.

As they negotiated the clutter of solenoids, induction coils, Crookes tubes, and photographic equipment, all inexplicably intertwined with pipets and tubing, Harold felt himself sorely missing the opportunities provided by a good lab.

There was no open space, no parks, no havens for vegetation, just intertwining thoroughfares with thousands of similar podlike groundcars hurtling along them.