MEANING
To join strands or elements by crossing them over and under one another.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- interlace fingers
- interlaced branches
On the page
She interlaced her fingers to keep them still.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- interlace
- Past tense
- interlaced
- Past participle
- interlaced
- Present participle
- interlacing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- interlace
- Present continuous
- am/is/are interlacing
- Present perfect
- have/has interlaced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been interlacing
- Past
- interlaced
- Past continuous
- was/were interlacing
- Past perfect
- had interlaced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been interlacing
- Future
- will interlace
- Future continuous
- will be interlacing
- Future perfect
- will have interlaced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been interlacing
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: interlace; interlaces; interlaced; interlaced; interlacing 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: interlaces.
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