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Antonyms for intertwine

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-ter-twahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn


Definition of intertwine

Origin :
  • 1640s, from inter- + twine (v.). Related: Intertwined; intertwining.
  • verb twist
Example sentences :
  • Only staying together didn't require us to intertwine fingers.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • Who doubts that they, too, had vowed to unite wings, and intertwine branches!
  • Extract from : « Japanese Literature » by Various
  • Intensest love and intensest hate can, at the same moment, intertwine their fibres in inextricable blending.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV. » by Various
  • Flowers bloom most luxuriantly, and intertwine themselves in and around the sculpture on all sides.
  • Extract from : « From the Thames to the Tiber » by J. Wardle
  • Beside the fallen monarch of the wood the lifting saplings bud and intertwine.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • Two rose bushes rise from the grave and seek to intertwine, but a thorn interposes and makes the union forever impossible.
  • Extract from : « The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5) » by Various
  • All that the friendly Mermaid could do for them was to turn them into a pair of beautiful trees which intertwine their branches.
  • Extract from : « Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia » by Andrew Lang
  • White weasel skins to intertwine with his beautiful long black locks.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of the Sioux » by Marie L. McLaughlin
  • Threads of various hues had passed before him, but how to intertwine them was a question that already puzzled the reporter.
  • Extract from : « A Hoosier Chronicle » by Meredith Nicholson
  • No doubt in our daily life, our purposive interest and our causal interest may intertwine at any moment.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

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