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entwines

entwines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of entwine.

Meaning of entwine

Verb

entwine (third-person singular simple present entwines, present participle entwining, simple past and past participle entwined)

  1. 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...

Questions about entwines

What is entwines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Entwines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of entwine.

Words near entwines in the dictionary

  1. entwine
  2. entwined
  3. entwinedness
  4. entwinement
  5. entwinements
  6. entwines
  7. entwinest
  8. entwineth
  9. entwining
  10. entwiningly
  11. entwinings

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