What is another word for entwining?

Pronunciation: [ɛntwˈa͡ɪnɪŋ] (IPA)

Entwining refers to the act of twisting or weaving things together, often to create a complex and intricate design. There are several synonyms for this word, including intertwining, interlacing, interweaving, and intertwist. These words all refer to the process of twisting or weaving, but they may be used in slightly different contexts. For example, intertwining may be used to describe the way two different plants are growing together, whereas interlacing may be used to describe the way two pieces of fabric are woven together. Despite these subtle differences, each of these synonyms conveys a sense of complexity and interconnectedness, highlighting the beauty and intricacy of the natural world.

What are the hypernyms for Entwining?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Entwining

The younger, entwining his round it, was thus led up to the summit in safety.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
The commemorative statue of the "minute-man" with his musket is simple and expressive, and the four lines of Emerson's hymn graven on the pedestal are the right words written by the right man, entwining, as it were, the historical and literary associations of the place.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
She had seen the man she madly loved-for whom she had risked, if not life, at least liberty and reputation-in the arms of another; a bright and beautiful rival; his own arms fondly entwining that other's form; his lips fervently pressing hers.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid

Famous quotes with Entwining

  • During the thirty years I have spent abroad I have felt I was more privileged than my Western colleagues, whether writers or teachers of literature, for events both recent and long past took in my mind a sharply delineated, precise form. Western audiences confronted with poems or novels written in Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary, or with films produced there, possibly intuit a similarly sharpened consciousness, in a constant struggle against limitations imposed by censorship. Memory thus is our force, it protects us against a speech entwining upon itself like the ivy when it does not find a support on a tree or a wall.
    Czesław Miłosz

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