entwine
Syllables: en·twine/ɪnˈtwaɪn/US/ɪnˈtwaɪn/
entwine verb: to twist or twine around something (or one another).
Verb
entwine (third-person singular simple present entwines, present participle entwining, simple past and past participle entwined)
- To twist or twine around something (or one another).
- Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, / Entwin'd in duskier wreaths her braided locks / O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; […]1815 September 10 – December 14, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude”, in Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems, London: […] Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, […]; and...
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37
- Synonyms:
- betwine, intertwine, twine, braid, entwist, interlace, interthread, intertwist, interweave, lace
entwine meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
entwine in Tamil
- இணை, தழுவு, தெற்று
entwine in Urdu
- گوندھنا, لپیٹنا
entwine in Malayalam
- twist round, wind round, coil round
- പിരിക്കുക, കുത്തിപ്പിരിക്കുക, പിരിച്ചുമുറുക്കുക, ചുറ്റുക, പിരന്നുക, ചുറ്റിമുറുക്കുക
entwine in Kannada
- ಹೆಣೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಸುತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಹಾಸುಹೊಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹೆಣೆ, ಸುತ್ತುಗಟ್ಟು, ಆವರಿಸು, ಸುರುಳಿಕಟ್ಟು ಸುತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳು
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- entwine in Thai
- สาน sǎan
Synonyms of entwine
Forms of entwine
| third-person singular present | entwines |
|---|---|
| present participle | entwining |
| past participle | entwined |
| past | entwined |
| alternative form (archaic) | intwine |
Origin of entwine
From en- + twine (verb).
Words formed from entwine
Words that rhyme with entwine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about entwine
- What does entwine mean?
- Entwine means to twist or twine around something (or one another).
- What is entwine in Tamil?
- Entwine in Tamil is இணை, தழுவு, தெற்று. See Entwine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is entwine?
- Entwine is a verb.
- How do you pronounce entwine?
- Entwine is pronounced /ɪnˈtwaɪn/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of entwine?
- The past tense of entwine is entwined.
Words near entwine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: entwine (page history and authors); entwine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); entwine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); entwine (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); entwine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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