interweave
/ɪntəˈwiːv
/verb (past interwove /ɪntəˈwəʊv/; past participle interwoven /ɪntəˈwəʊv(ə)n/)
1Weave or become woven together: [with object]: the rugs are made by tightly interweaving the strands [no object]: the branches met and interwove above his head...
- But instead of neatly-folded hosiery, out comes a congealed mass of tightly interwoven tights, socks, bras and assorted accessories.
- As I walked along the paths that interweave amongst the foliage I came upon something I had never seen there before.
- Jonkers Street was already crowded with vehicles and pedestrians, which seemed to interweave without touching each other.
Synonyms
intertwine, entwine, interlace, interthread, splice, braid, plait;
twist together, weave together, twine together, wind together;
Nautical marry
1.1 [with object] Blend closely: Wordsworth’s political ideas are often interwoven with his philosophical and religious beliefs...
- Sexual attitudes, knowledge, and sexual experiences in earlier years are closely interwoven with sexual desire.
- The fact is that the settlement of the West was closely interwoven with the evolution of arms technology in America.
- The rejection of linear time is, for many postmodern thinkers, closely interwoven with two other crucial issues.
Synonyms
interlink, link, connect, associate;
intermix, mix, merge, blend, fuse, interlock, knit, bind together
