intertwine

Other forms of intertwine

past tense

intertwined·

present participle

intertwining·

third person

intertwines·

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 intertwine

What does intertwine mean?

intertwine means "spin, wind, or twist together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intertwine?

intertwine has 3 syllables: in-ter-twine. The stress falls on "twine". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɚˈtwaɪn/.

What is another word for intertwine?

Close synonyms include twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace. 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 intertwine a common word?

intertwine 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 intertwine?

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