intertwine

/ˌˈɪntərˌˈtwaɪn/

/ɪntəˈtwaɪn/

Other forms: intertwined; intertwining; intertwines

Things that intertwine are twisted or mixed together. You have to intertwine yarn to make a scarf.

When things intertwine, they're all mixed up together — it's hard to separate them. To make any type of clothing, threads have to be intertwined. Rope is made of smaller fibers that intertwine. Related jobs—like a writer and an editor—intertwine too, because they are so closely related. You can say people are intertwined if they're close to each other, as family or friends. Getting intertwined could be a metaphor for getting married; the threads of your lives are getting tangled together.

Definitions of intertwine

1. verb

   spin, wind, or twist together
   “intertwine the ribbons”

   “intertwined hearts”

   synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, 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

   make lacework by knotting or looping
   synonyms: tat

   type of:

   create from raw material, create from raw stuff

   make from scratch
3. verb

   make a loop in
   synonyms: loop

   types:

   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:

   entwine, knit

   tie or link together