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intwist

intwist is the alternative form of entwist.

Meaning of entwist

Verb

entwist (third-person singular simple present entwists, present participle entwisting, simple past and past participle entwisted)

  1. (transitive) To twist or wreathe around; entwine.

Forms of intwist

third-person singular presentintwists
present participleintwisting
past participleintwisted
pastintwisted

Origin of intwist

From in- + twist.

Questions about intwist

What is intwist the alternative form of?
Intwist is the alternative form of entwist.

Words near intwist in the dictionary

  1. intwined
  2. intwinement
  3. intwinements
  4. intwines
  5. intwining
  6. intwist
  7. intwisted
  8. intwisting
  9. intwists
  10. Intwood
  11. INU

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intwist (page history and authors); entwist (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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