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# intertwine

«intertwine» in Mova's school dictionary: **To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (intertwines, intertwined, intertwining)

### meaning for a pupil

To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intertwine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales hair, snakes, vines or lovers' arms are wound together in a close, twisting way

### examples

- The two vines intertwined around the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intertwine/#x1)
- Their fingers intertwined as they held hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intertwine/#x2)
- Snakes intertwined in her hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intertwine/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intertwine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intertwine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.