entwine

Other forms of entwine

past tense

entwined·

present participle

entwining·

third person

entwines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about entwine

What does entwine mean?

entwine means "tie or link together". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in entwine?

entwine has 2 syllables: en-twine. The stress falls on "twine". In IPA it is /ɛnˈtwaɪn/.

What is another word for entwine?

Close synonyms include knit, intertwine, twine, enlace, interlace. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is entwine a common word?

entwine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with entwine?

2 words rhyme with entwine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.