intertwine
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intertwine (third-person singular simple present intertwines, present participle intertwining, simple past and past participle intertwined)
- (transitive) To twine something together.
- 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 240c:
- You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining, our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.
- (intransitive) To become twined together; to become mutually involved.
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- (twine around each other): entwine
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- (twine around each other): interweave, tangle
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To twine something together
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To become twined together
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