intertwine
Syllables: in·ter·twineUK/ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn//ˌɪntəɹˈtwaɪn/
intertwine verb: to twine (things) together.
Verb
intertwine (third-person singular simple present intertwines, present participle intertwining, simple past and past participle intertwined)
- To twine (things) together.
- You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining, our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 240c
- To connect (things) closely.
- To become twined together.
- To become mutually involved.
- Iris changes in PXF closely intertwine with lenticular findings.2013 December 20, “Preoperative considerations in patients with cataracts and pseudoexfoliation syndrome”, in Optometry Times
intertwine meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
intertwine in Tamil
- ஒன்றோடொன்று பின்னு, முறுக்கு
intertwine in Urdu
- لپٹنا, اینٹھنا, بٹنا, مروڑنا
intertwine in Bengali
- পরস্পরের সাথে জড়ানো, পেঁচানো, ওতপ্রোতভাবে জড়িয়ে থাকা
intertwine in Malayalam
- interweave, entwine, interlace
- കൂട്ടിപ്പിരിക്കുക, കുത്തിപ്പിരിക്കുക, പിരിച്ചുമുറുക്കുക, കൂട്ടിമുറുക്കുക, പിന്നുക, പിണയ്ക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- intertwine in Kannada
- ಹೆಣೆ, ಪೆಣೆ, ತೆತ್ತು
- intertwine in Arabic
- اِنْضَفَرَ inḍafara, تَدَاخَلَ tadāḵala, تَشَابَكَ tašābaka
Examples of intertwine in a sentence
- The problems of criminality and of corruption of law enforcement are intertwined.
- The development of homological algebra was closely intertwined with the emergence of category theory.
- Musk wrote in his post that “xAI and X’s futures are intertwined.”
Synonyms of intertwine
Antonyms
Forms of intertwine
| third-person singular present | intertwines |
|---|---|
| present participle | intertwining |
| past participle | intertwined |
| past | intertwined |
Origin of intertwine
From inter- + twine.
Words formed from intertwine
Words that rhyme with intertwine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- 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
- rhine
Questions about intertwine
- What does intertwine mean?
- Intertwine means to twine (things) together.
- What is intertwine in Tamil?
- Intertwine in Tamil is ஒன்றோடொன்று பின்னு, முறுக்கு. See Intertwine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intertwine?
- Intertwine is a verb.
- How do you pronounce intertwine?
- Intertwine is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of intertwine?
- The past tense of intertwine is intertwined.
Words near intertwine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intertwine (page history and authors); intertwine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intertwine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Intertwine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intertwine (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); intertwine (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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