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INTERTWINE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spin, wind, or twist together

Example:

intertwined hearts

Synonyms:

enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "intertwine" is one way to...):

distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)

Verb group:

twine (make by twisting together or intertwining)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intertwine"):

wind; wreathe (form into a wreath)

wattle (interlace to form wattle)

plash; pleach (interlace the shoots of)

knot; ravel; tangle (tangle or complicate)

splice (join by interweaving strands)

Sentence frame:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a loop in

Example:

loop a rope

Synonyms:

intertwine; loop

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "intertwine" is one way to...):

entwine; knit (tie or link together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intertwine"):

crochet; hook (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle)

noose (make a noose in or of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make lacework by knotting or looping

Synonyms:

intertwine; tat

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "intertwine" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

"Intertwine" entails doing...:

knot (make into knots; make knots out of)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Sentence frames:

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