"entwine" meaning in English

See entwine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈtwaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈtwaɪn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-entwine.wav Forms: entwines [present, singular, third-person], entwining [participle, present], entwined [participle, past], entwined [past]
enPR: ĭn-twīnʹ [General-American] Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From en- + twine (verb). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|twine|pos2=verb}} en- + twine (verb) Head templates: {{en-verb}} entwine (third-person singular simple present entwines, present participle entwining, simple past and past participle entwined)
  1. To twist or twine around something (or one another). Synonyms: intwine [archaic] Synonyms (twine around one another): betwine, intertwine Derived forms: entwinement [noun], entwining [noun], entwining [adjective] Translations (twist or twine): сплитам (splitam) (Bulgarian), висукац (vysukac) (Carpathian Rusyn), скруцовац ше (skrucovac še) (Carpathian Rusyn), уплєсц (upljesc) (Carpathian Rusyn), enrinxar-se (Catalan), 纏繞 (Chinese Mandarin), 缠绕 (chánrào) (Chinese Mandarin), obtočit (english: se) (Czech), ringja seg um (Faroese), kietoa (Finnish), enlacer (French), entretecer (Galician), umranken (German), umschlingen (German), interplektar (Ido), сүлжих (sülžix) (Mongolian), s'enlachi (Norman), flette (Norwegian), trenar (Occitan), splatać (Polish), oplatać (Polish), przeplatać (Polish), entrelaçar (Portuguese), enclavinhar (Portuguese), împleti (Romanian), сплетать (spletatʹ) (Russian), обвивать (obvivatʹ) (Russian), обхва́тывать (obxvátyvatʹ) (Russian), สาน (sǎan) (Thai)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "flette"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "trenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "splatać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "oplatać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "przeplatać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "entrelaçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "enclavinhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "împleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spletatʹ",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "сплетать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obvivatʹ",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "обвивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "обхва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎan",
      "sense": "twist or twine",
      "word": "สาน"
    }
  ],
  "word": "entwine"
}

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