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Definition: Intertwine |
IntertwineVerb1. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope". 2. Make lacework by knotting or looping. 3. Make a loop in, as of rope or string. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "intertwine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
Synonyms: IntertwineSynonyms: enlace (v), entwine (v), interlace (v), lace (v), loop (v), tat (v), twine (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: untwine (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Verb: cross, decussate; intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink. |
Junction | Inosculate; entwine, intwine; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up. |
Mixture | Verb: mix; join; combine; commix, immix, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle; shuffle; (derange); pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard; (interpolate); intertwine, interweave; associate with; miscegenate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Intertwine |
| English words defined with "intertwine": Entrail ♦ fold ♦ Interknit, Intertangle, Intertex, Intertwist, Interwreathe ♦ plain weave ♦ taffeta weave. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "intertwine": Leucine Zippers. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "intertwine": Interwreathe. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Cosmic systems intertwine (Impressive Instant; performing artist: Madonna; writing credit: Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzai) | |
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| "Tree vines" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Love the way these vines intertwine with each other, they look like bodies of people..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In the nephron, tiny blood vessels called capillaries intertwine with tiny urine-carrying tubes called tubules. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Intertwine" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "Intertwine" is used about 12 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 (base form) | 58.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
intertwine | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "intertwine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ndërthur (combine, entwine, interweave, knit), gërshetoj (braid, entwine, entwist, interlace, intertwist, interweave, lace, plait, tress, twine, twist, wreathe). (various references) | |
Arabic | جدل (braid, braiding, cue, entwine, interweaving, mat, plait, plaiting, twine, twining, twist, wreathe, writhe), إنضفار. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сплитам (braid, knit together, lace, mat, plait, tangle, twine, twist, wreathe), преплитам (entwine, inosculate, interlace, intertwist, interweave, inweave, lock, twine, weave). (various references) | |
Chinese | 纏繞 (vex, worry). (various references) | |
Czech | splést (mess, mislead, muddle), proplést (entwine, interlock, intertwist, twist). (various references) | |
Finnish | punoa (interlace, twine, twist), kietoutua (become entangled in, wind). (various references) | |
French | s'entrelacer (interlace, interweave), entrelacer (interlace), entrelacement (interweaving), entrecroiser (interlace). (various references) | |
German | sich verflechten (become entangled, combine, interlace, interweave, to intertwine). (various references) | |
Greek | συμπεριπλέκω (interlace), πλέκω (braid, crochet, knit, plait, plat, raddle, strand). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשזור (entwine, interlace, spin, twine, twist, weave, wreathe), להשתזר (interweave). (various references) | |
Hungarian | egymásba fon (intertwist, to entwine). (various references) | |
Italian | intrecciarsi (interweave, twist, wreathe), intrecciare (braid, cross each other, entwine, entwist, interlace, interweave, inweave, mat, plait, twine, twist, weave, weave together), attorcigliarsi (twine, twist, wind), attorcigliare (twine, twist, wind). (various references) | |
Manx | fee er y cheilley, fee (braid, interlace, knit, mat; ravens, plait, weave, wreathe). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | intertwineay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | entrelaçar-se (intercross, twine), entrelaçar (braid, enlace, entwine, fold, intercross, interlace, interlink, intertwist, interweave, inweave, lattice, plait, plat, pleach, tangle, twine, weave), enlaçar-se. (various references) | |
Romanian | se întreţese (interweave), împleti (braid, criss cross, entwine, entwist, interlace, interweave, knit, mat, mesh, plait, plash, twine, weave, work, wreathe). (various references) | |
Russian | сплетаться (intertwist), сплетать (entwine, intertwist, interweave, inweave, pleach, twine, twist, weave, wreathe), закручиваться, переплетаться (intertwining). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ispreplitati (pleach), preplitati (interlace). (various references) | |
Spanish | entrelazar (entwine, interlace, interlock, interweave, twist, weave). (various references) | |
Swedish | flätas ihop (intertwist), fläta in (interlace, inweave), fläta ihop (entwine, intertwist, plash, twist). (various references) | |
Turkish | birbirine geçmek (imbricate, lock, mesh, work together), birbirine geçirmek (dovetail, enlace, interlace, lock, rabbet, throw in), birbirine dolaşmak (interwind). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сплітатися (entwine, twist), сплітати (entwine, pleach, raddle, weave, wreathe), заплутуватися (be immersed in, involve oneself in, tangle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "intertwine": intertwined, intertwinement, intertwinements, intertwines. (additional references) | |
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"Intertwine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: intertwin, interwine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "intertwine" (pronounced i'ntertwī"n) |
| 4 | -t w ī" n | entwine, twine. |
| 3 | -w ī" n | swine, whine, wine. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-n-n-r-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: intertie, renitent, retinite. | |
-3 letters: entwine, interne, intwine, nettier, niterie, nitrite, nittier, tentier, tinnier, twinier, wennier, wittier, written. | |
-4 letters: entire, intent, intern, intine, netter, nitwit, rennet, retine, retint, tenner, tenter, tentie, tinier, tinner, tinter, triene, twiner, weiner, wetter, wiener, wienie, winier, winner, winter. | |
-5 letters: enter, inert, inner, inter, newer, newie, niter, nitre, renew, renin, rente. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-n-n-r-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: intertwined, intertwines. | |
+4 letters: intertwinement, westernisation, westernization. | |
+5 letters: intertwinements, westernisations, westernizations. | |
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