MEANING
To twist things together or join them in a closely interwoven relationship.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- entwine branches
- entwined lives
On the page
Their histories were entwined long before they met.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- entwine
- Past tense
- entwined
- Past participle
- entwined
- Present participle
- entwining
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- entwine
- Present continuous
- am/is/are entwining
- Present perfect
- have/has entwined
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been entwining
- Past
- entwined
- Past continuous
- was/were entwining
- Past perfect
- had entwined
- Past perfect continuous
- had been entwining
- Future
- will entwine
- Future continuous
- will be entwining
- Future perfect
- will have entwined
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been entwining
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: entwine; entwines; entwined; entwined; entwining Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: entwines.
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