interlace
A decorative element found especially in early medieval artA decorative element found especially in early medieval art
» Tom and Mary were holding hands, their fingers tightly interlaced.
Fest verschränkter Finger hielten Tom und Maria Händchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns
Flechtband
(countable, uncountable)A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
Zeilensprung
Examples
5 sentencesTom and Mary were holding hands, their fingers tightly interlaced.
deFest verschränkter Finger hielten Tom und Maria Händchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
In weaving, the weft threads run horizontally, interlacing with the vertical warp threads.
Their fingers were tightly interlaced.
ruИх пальцы были тесно переплетены. — Wezel
Many an evening the five sisters interlacing their arms would rise above the water together.
Ziri's and Rima's fingers were interlaced.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacFrom Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).
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Forms
plural: interlaces| Singular | interlace |
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regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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