entwine

5 definitions found

entwine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intwine \In*twine"\, v. t. [Cf. Entwine.]
     To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath
     of flowers intwined. [Written also entwine.]
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  Entwine \En*twine"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine.]
     To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also
     intwine.]
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           Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks.
                                                    --Shelley.
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           Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. --Herbert.
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  Entwine \En*twine"\, v. i.
     To be twisted or twined.
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           With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress.
                                                    --De Quincey.
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entwine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  entwine
      v 1: tie or link together [syn: knit, entwine]
      2: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
         "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn:
         intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace,
         lace] [ant: untwine]

entwine - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "entwine":
     braid, burden, coil, corkscrew, cramp, cripple, cumber, curl,
     embarrass, encumber, enlace, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil,
     entrammel, entrap, fetter, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble,
     impede, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine,
     intertwist, interweave, intort, intwine, involve, knit, lace, lame,
     lime, loom, loop, lumber, mat, net, noose, plait, pleach,
     press down, raddle, saddle with, shackle, snarl, spiral, splice,
     tangle, tissue, toil, trammel, twill, twine, twist, wattle, weave,
     web, weigh down, wreathe