ENTWINE


Meaning of ENTWINE in English

(~s, entwining, ~d)

1.

If one thing is ~d with another thing, or if you ~ two things, the two things are twisted around each other.

His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and ~...

Facing each other, the giraffes were managing to ~ their necks in the most astonishing manner...

He ~d his fingers with hers.

...with silk ribbons and flowers ~d in their hair.

V-RECIP: pl-n V, V pl-n, V n with n, V-ed, also V with n, V n (non-recip)

2.

If two things ~ or are ~d, they closely resemble or are linked to each other, and they are difficult to separate or identify.

The book ~s the personal and the political to chart the history of four generations of the family...

Once, years ago, he told me our lives should ~.

VERB: V pl-n, pl-n V

~d

...before media manipulation became ~d with management.

ADJ: oft ADJ with n

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