interweave

1 to cause to twine about one another <interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree> Synonyms enlace, entwine, implicate [archaic], interlace, intertwist, intertwine, 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 <the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War> Synonyms interlace, intersperse, thread, 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 <in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle> Synonyms interlace, intertwine, intertwist, entangle, 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