Meaning

1 senses

  1. To twist or twine around something (or one another).

    umranken, umschlingen

    сплетатьspletatʹ, обвиватьobvivatʹ, обхва́тыватьobxvátyvatʹ

More definitions
  • tie or link together
  • spin, wind, or twist together

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Their fates were entwined.

    halfb1t · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. We were entwined and naked.

    Nuel · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
twist or twine:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
twist or twine:

Forms

entwines, entwining, entwined, entwined
Base formentwine · to entwine
3rd person singularentwines
Present participleentwining
Past simpleentwined
Past participleentwined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyentwine
he, she, itentwines

Past simpleLesson

all personsentwined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave entwined
he, she, ithas entwined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill entwine

Synonyms

17 synonyms
interweaveC2lockB1twistB1betwineintertwinetwinebraidentwistinterlaceinterthreadintertwistlaceraddleruddle
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Deriveddisentwineentwinemententwiningentwiningly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
entropyentrustentryB1entrywayenumerateenunciateenvelopeA2
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