to connect closely or intricately; intermingle; blend
Examples of 'interweave' in a sentence
interweave
This installation is made up of three interwoven spaces.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
More interwoven stories from three families who run fairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Two strands of yarn interwoven to make one rope.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These two interwoven stories are the salutary subject of this marvellous book.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's strange that all my life these two strands have been so closely interwoven.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Spider thin, the sometimes interwoven strands appear and disappear as you move around.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Each was composed of interwoven strands, themselves composed of up to a dozen more.
Oxenhorn, Harvey Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic (1990)
Land is inextricably interwoven with life itself; it is the beginning and end of life.
Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)
A trainer manages two interwoven parts of a training.
O'Connor, Joseph & Seymour, John Training with N.L.P. (1994)
The murder investigation is skilfully interwoven with family and political plot strands in a powerful denouement that loops the story back to the forest where it began.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Her acquired knowledge of the history of place and people along her chosen route is interwoven skilfully with her record of the moment as she lives it.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Indeed, she takes up nearly four pages of the index, and her political career is skilfully interwoven throughout the text.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The main problem is that the chapters of each life are interwoven, so you must wait for almost 100 pages before each one reappears.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
interweave
British English: interweave VERB
If two or more things are interwoven or interweave, they are very closely connected.
For these people, land is inextricably interwoven with life itself.
American English: interweave
Brazilian Portuguese: interligar
Chinese: 交织
European Spanish: interconectar
French: être étroitement lié
German: verweben
Italian: intrecciare
Japanese: 絡み合わせる/絡み合う
Korean: 밀접하게 관련된
European Portuguese: interligar
Latin American Spanish: interconectar
(verb)
Definition
to weave together
The programme successfully interweaves words and pictures.
Synonyms
intertwine
Trees and creepers intertwined, blocking our way.
blend
Blend the ingredients until you have a smooth cream.
cross
The two roads cross at this junction.
braid
She had almost finished braiding Sita's hair.
splice
He taught me to edit and splice film.
crisscross
interlace
reticulate
interwreathe
inweave
Additional synonyms
in the sense of blend
Definition
to mix or mingle (components)
Blend the ingredients until you have a smooth cream.