Entwine

Definitions: Entwine

Entwine

Verb

1. Tie or link together.

2. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope".

Date "entwine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Synonyms: Entwine

Synonyms: enlace (v), interlace (v), intertwine (v), knit (v), lace (v), twine (v). (additional references)

Antonym: untwine (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Convolution	Verb: be convoluted; Adjective:wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe; (cross).
Crossing	Twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe; anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link; lace, tat.
Junction	Inosculate; entwine, intwine; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Entwine

English words defined with "entwine": entangle ♦ mat ♦ snarl ♦ tangle. (references)

Etymologies containing "entwine": implicit ♦ Ploce. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	In no others' arms entwine ("Banks Of The Ohio"; performing artist: Olivia Newton-John)
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"Entwine" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Entwine" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	88.89%	8	124,375
Noun (singular)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Expression using "entwine": entwine itself. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "entwine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, hem, inclose, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), ndërthur (combine, intertwine, interweave, knit), mbuloj (be submerged, bespread, blanket, cap, Ceil, cloak, clothe, cover, cover in, cover over, cover up for, curtain, defray, disguise, dissimulate, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, heap, incase, mantle, overcast, overspread, paint out, roof, screen, sheathe, sheet, smother, suffuse, tuck up, wrap), gërshetoj (braid, entwist, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, lace, plait, tress, twine, twist, wreathe). (various references)

Arabic		‏ضفر (braid, cue, plaiting, queue, wattle, wreathe, writhe), ‏جدل (braid, braiding, cue, intertwine, interweaving, mat, plait, plaiting, twine, twining, twist, wreathe, writhe), ‏إنضفر (interlace, mat). (various references)

Bulgarian		вия се (coil, creep, curl, ramp, run, serpentine, twist, weave, wheel, wind, wound, wreathe, writhe), обраствам (grow), обвивам (encase, envelop, fold, jacket, mantle, pack, twine, veil, wind), преплитам (inosculate, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, inweave, lock, twine, weave), изплитам (knit up). (various references)

Chinese		� � (Badgered, Badgering, kink, Kinked, Kinking). (various references)

Czech		zaplést (embroil, entangle, implicate, involute, Ravel, tangle), proplést (interlock, intertwine, intertwist, twist). (various references)

Farsi		مثل طناب تابیدن , دراغوش گرفتن (Clasp, Cuddle, Embrace, Hug), بهم پیچاندن . (various references)

French		entrelacer, enlacer, s'entrelacer, corder. (various references)

German		umschlingen (embrace, hug, to entangle, to entwine, twine around). (various references)

Greek		περιτυλίσσω (coil, envelop, querl, wind, wrap), περιτυλίσσομαι (coil, wind). (various references)

Hebrew		לשזור (interlace, intertwine, spin, twine, twist, weave, wreathe), לכרוך (coil, swaddle, swathe, wrap). (various references)

Hungarian		körülfon (to entwine, to enwreathe), összefon (enlace, inlace, interlace, interweave, interwind, pleach, splice, to braid, to implicate, to plait, to splice, to twist, to weave, wove, woven). (various references)

Indonesian		melilit (coil around, enlace, wreathe). (various references)

Italian		intrecciare (braid, cross each other, entwist, interlace, intertwine, interweave, inweave, mat, plait, to plait, twine, twist, weave, weave together), arrotolarsi (roll). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		纏い付く (to entwine, to follow about), 絡める (to entwine, to twine around), 絡む (to entangle, to entwine), 搦める (to entwine, to twine around). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		まといつく (to entwine, to follow about), からめる (to entwine, to twine around), からむ (to entangle, to entwine). (various references)

Manx		plaittal. (various references)

Pig Latin		entwineay

Portuguese		entrelaçar (braid, enlace, fold, implicate, inlace, intercross, interlace, interlink, intertwine, interurban, interweave, inweave, latticed, plait, plat, plead, tangle, twine, weave), entrada proibida (entrancing, no admission, no admittance), enlaçar (enlace, filling, inlace, intertwist, kinking). (various references)

Romanian		se încolãci (coil, curl up, twine, twirl, twist, wind, wreathe), încolãci (enwreathe, fold, wind, wreathe, wriggle), împleti (braid, criss cross, entwist, interlace, intertwine, interweave, knit, mat, mesh, plait, plash, twine, weave, work, wreathe), îmbrãţişa (clasp, cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, enlace, fold, grasp, hug, span, wrap), îmbina (arrange, blend, combine, conjoin, connect, fasten, feather, frame, interfuse, interweave, joint, lap, match, merge, mix, piece, put together, tie, unite). (various references)

Russian		вплетать (inweave), обхватывать (enclasp), обвить (wind round), обвивать (wreathe). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uplesti (enmesh, involve, splice, twine, twist, weave into, work in, wreathe). (various references)

Spanish		entrelazar (interlace, interlock, intertwine, interweave, twist, weave). (various references)

Swedish		fläta ihop (intertwine, intertwist, plash, twist). (various references)

Turkish		tırmanmak (ascend, clamber, climb, cling, intwine, scale, shin, shinny, soar, swarm, swarm up), sarmak (bandage, begird, beset, bind, bundle, cincture, clothe, coat, cocoon, coil, coil up, compass, do up, embrace, encircle, enclasp, encompass, enfold, enlace, entwist, envelop, enwrap, fold, fold up, furl, gird, hem about, hem around, hem in, infold, intwine, invest, involve, lap, overgrow, pack, reel, reel up, robe, roll, roll up, sheet, smother in, stalk, strap, surround, swaddle, swathe, tuck in, tuck up, twine, twist, whirl, wind, wind up, wrap, wrap up), kıvırmak (angle, bend, contort, Crimp, crisp, crook, curl, curl up, do successfully, drape, enfold, entwist, fold, fold down, frill, frizz, frizzle, gauffer, goffer, gopher, handle, have a command of, inflect, intwine, manage, meander, squirm, squirm out of, tuck, tuck in, tuck up, turn back, turn down, twist, wind, wind up), dolaştırmak (circulate, dash, embrangle, entangle, foul, foul up, hand on, intwine, kink, knot, Ravel, take for a walk, tangle, trot round, walk, walk about, walk around, walk out), bükmek (bend, buckle, contort, crook, curl, curl up, curve, distort, double, entwist, flex, fold, fold down, hook, inflect, intwine, spring, strand, throw, twine, twist, wind up, wrench, wrest, wring). (various references)

Ukranian		сплітатися (intertwine, twist), сплітати (intertwine, pleach, raddle, weave, wreathe), обвивати (chain, circumflex, enlace, twine, wind, wreathe), плести (knit, plat, strand, wattle, weave). (various references)

Welsh		nidro (entangle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	eser, iesser, ser, seram, seras, serat, seratur, serent, serenti, serere, seres, sereser, seret, seretis, seretisque, seri, seris, serit, serite, seritur, sero, sertum, seruerimus, serueris, seruit, serunt, servi, servimus, servique, servistis, servit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "entwine": entwined, entwines. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Entwine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Centwine, entaine, Entin, entrine, entwige, entwin, entwinse, Lentinue, ngwane, Ntiwane. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "entwine" (pronounced entwī"n)
4	-t w ī" n	intertwine, twine.
3	-w ī" n	swine, whine, wine.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-n-t-w"
	-2 letters: newie, tween, twine.
	-3 letters: nene, newt, nine, nite, teen, tine, twee, twin, ween, weet, went, wine, wite.
	-4 letters: ewe, inn, nee, net, new, nit, tee, ten, tew, tie, tin, wee, wen, wet, win, wit.
	-5 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, ti, we.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-n-t-w"
	+1 letter: entwined, entwines, wenniest.
	+2 letters: unweeting.
	+3 letters: intertwine, interwoven, sweetening.
	+4 letters: enwreathing, intertwined, intertwines, pennyweight, sweetenings, tawninesses, unweetingly, unwitnessed, wintergreen.
	+5 letters: betweenbrain, disendowment, interviewing, interweaving, pennyweights, pennywhistle, underwritten, westernising, westernizing, wintergreens, wintrinesses.
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