entwine

/ɛnˈtwaɪn/

Other forms: entwined; entwining; entwines

To entwine is to twist and tangle or weave together. When you hold hands with someone, you entwine your fingers together.

A long-haired girl can entwine flowers in her curls, and she might love it when her pet snake entwines around her arm. When you knit a scarf, you entwine different colors of yarn together. There is also a figurative way to entwine: "Ever since I met you, I knew that our lives would entwine together!" Entwine combines the prefix en-, "make," and twine, "twisted strands," from the Old English twin, "double thread."

Definitions of entwine

1. verb

   spin, wind, or twist together
   synonyms: enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine

   twine

   make by twisting together or intertwining

   types:

   wind, wreathe

   form into a wreath

   wattle

   interlace to form wattle

   plash, pleach

   interlace the shoots of

   knot, ravel, tangle

   tangle or complicate

   splice

   join by interweaving strands

   piece

   join during spinning

   type of:

   distort, twine, twist

   form into a spiral shape
2. verb

   tie or link together
   synonyms: knit

   types:

   purl stitch

   make with purl stitches

   intertwine, loop

   make a loop in

   crochet, hook

   make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

   noose

   make a noose in or of

   type of:

   conjoin, join

   make contact or come together