interlace

1 to cause to twine about one another <interlaced strands of her hair for a new look> Synonyms enlace, entwine, implicate [archaic], intertwine, intertwist, interweave, inweave, lace, ply, twist, weave, wreathe, writheRelated Words braid, plait, plat, pleach; blend, fuse, join, link, mixNear Antonyms disentangle, uncoil, untangle, untwine, unwind

2 to scatter or set here and there among other things <interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech> Synonyms thread, intersperse, interweave, lace, salt, weave, wreatheRelated Words insert, intermingle, mingle, mix; alternate, juxtapose; amalgamate, assimilate, blend, combine, commingle, embody, fuse, incorporate, integrate, merge

3 to twist together into a usually confused mass <I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what> Synonyms entangle, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot, snarl, tangleRelated Words jumble, scrabble, scramble; braid, enlace, entwine, entwist, inweave, plait, twine, weave, wind, wreathe, writheNear Antonyms unknot, unravel, unscramble; unweaveAntonyms disentangle, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist