Entwine
[ɪn'twaɪn;en-] or [ɪn'twaɪn]
Definition
(v. t.) To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
(v. i.) To be twisted or twined.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Intwine.] [1]. Twine, twist together.[2]. Encircle, surround, embrace, wind about, wind around.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lace, convolve, interlace, weave
ANT:Disentwine, dissever
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Definition
v.t. to interlace: to weave.
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Examples
- I wish Sympson would come again, and oblige her again to entwine her arms about me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My love has placed her little hand With noble faith in mine, And vowed that wedlock's sacred band Our nature shall entwine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I know the being I seek to entwine with my own will bring me a solace, a charity, a purity, to which, of myself, I am a stranger. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The muscular hand broke from my custody; my arm was seized, my shoulder--neck--waist--I was entwined and gathered to him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She has invested his form, is incarnate in his flesh, has entwined herself with his being, and blinds his heaven-seeking eyes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So the two men entwined and wrestled with each other, working nearer and nearer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Rend not from me what long affection entwines with my whole nature. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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