entwine en · VERB
Pronunciation
- ĭn-twīnʹ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈtwaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪnˈtwaɪn/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English twine English entwine From en- + twine (verb).
Meanings
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To twist or twine around something (or one another).
Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.
2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:And with the story of the booking office, we have a fortune deeply entwined with the stations encasing them.
2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 61:Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, / Entwin'd in duskier wreaths her braided locks / O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; […]
1815 September 10 – December 14, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude”, in Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems, London: […] Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, […]; and Carpenter and Son, […] [b]y S[amuel] Hamilton, […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 24:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| entwines | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| entwined | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| entwined | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| entwining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| intwine | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Deriveds
entwining · entwinement · entwining · entwiningly · disentwine
Synonyms
intertwine · lace · lock · entwist · entwine · raddle · ruddle · intertwist · twist · interlace · twine · twine · interweave · braid · interthread · betwine · betwine · intertwine
Translations (31)
ru сплетать (twist or twine) · mn сүлжих (twist or twine) · de umranken (twist or twine) · fr enlacer (twist or twine) · no flette (twist or twine) · gl entretecer (twist or twine) · de umschlingen (twist or twine) · rue висукац (twist or twine) · pt entrelaçar (twist or twine) · fi kietoa (twist or twine) · th สาน (twist or twine) · nrf s'enlachi (twist or twine) · ru обхва́тывать (twist or twine) · es entretejer (twist or twine) · es enclavijar (twist or twine) · ru обвивать (twist or twine) · rue уплєсц (twist or twine) · pl oplatać (twist or twine) · es entrelazar (twist or twine) · ca enrinxar-se (twist or twine) · io interplektar (twist or twine) · bg сплитам (twist or twine) · oc trenar (twist or twine) · pt enclavinhar (twist or twine) · fo ringja seg um (twist or twine) · rue скруцовац ше (twist or twine) · cs obtočit (twist or twine) · cmn 纏繞 /缠绕 (twist or twine) · ro împleti (twist or twine) · pl splatać (twist or twine) · pl przeplatać (twist or twine)