interweave

verb

in·​ter·​weave ˌin-tər-ˈwēv 

interwove ˌin-tər-ˈwōv  also interweaved; interwoven ˌin-tər-ˈwō-vən  also interweaved; interweaving

transitive verb

1

: to weave together

2

: to mix or blend together

interweaving his own insights … with letters and memoirs

—Phoebe Adams

intransitive verb

: intertwine, intermingle

interweave

ˈin-tər-ˌwēv 

noun

interwoven

ˌin-tər-ˈwō-vən 

adjective

Synonyms

• enlace
• entwine
• implicate [archaic]
• interlace
• intertwine
• intertwist
• inweave
• lace
• ply
• twist
• weave
• wreathe
• writhe

Examples of interweave in a Sentence

a house built from poles interwoven with vines

a mat of interwoven fibers

Recent Examples on the Web

She’s made the one with maybe the most threads interwoven between the prequels, original trilogy, and extended universe legends among the live-action Disney+ series. —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 July 2024

This poetic Emergence Magazine essay (also a podcast) interweaves personal experience and emergent frameworks. —Sam Firman, Longreads, 11 July 2024

Companies such as Google, Apple, and Meta are interweaving generative-AI models into products such as Google Search, iOS, and Instagram. —Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024

The Koreas: The Birth of Two Nations Divided By Theodore Jun Yoo University of California Press, 2020, 360 pp. Loading... Yoo brings both clarity and nuance to the complex, interwoven histories of the two Koreas since 1945. —Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

interweave

verb

in·​ter·​weave ˌint-ər-ˈwēv 

1

: to weave together

2

: to blend or cause to blend together

interwoven

-ˈwō-vən 

adjective