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Interlace   /ˌɪntərlˈeɪs/   Listen
Interlace

verb
(past & past part. interlaced; pres. part. interlacing)
1.
Spin,wind, or twist together.  Synonyms: enlace, entwine, intertwine, lace, twine.  "Twine the threads into a rope" , "Intertwined hearts"
2.
Hold in a locking position.  Synonyms: interlock, lock.






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"Interlace" Quotes from Famous Books



... use to make a shapeless space, Where rambling roadways interlace, And, in the Season, To close just what was meant to save This block, because they want to pave? What is ...
— Punch Volume 102, May 28, 1892 - or the London Charivari • Various

... foliage, and fall back to the ground, forming factitious weeping-willows. You do not find here, as in the great forests of the North, the eternal monotony of birch and fir: this is the kingdom of infinite variety;—species the most diverse elbow each other, interlace, strangle and devour each other: all ranks and orders are confounded, as in a human mob. The soft and tender balisier opens its parasol of leaves beside the gommier, which is the cedar of the colonies you ...
— Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn

... her skates and turned away. Gertrude placed hers on the stool and went with Miss Ward. The rest followed, leaving him to stare at the heap of skates and consider how he should carry them. He could think of no better plan than to interlace the straps and hang them in a chain over his shoulder. By the time he had done this the young ladies were out of sight, and his intention of enjoying their society during the return to the college was defeated. They had entered the building ...
— An Unsocial Socialist • George Bernard Shaw



Words linked to "Interlace" :   wreathe, ravel, tangle, take hold, plash, pleach, wind, wattle, knot, untwine, twist, splice, hold, distort



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