ENLACED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

enlaced

verb

past tense of enlace

as in twisted

to cause to twine about one another enlaced the strips of leather to create a decorative headband

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But when people react negatively, someone must have twisted her words.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
The wife of friend Isaac Leonard Ellwood suggested that two wires twisted together would hold the nail in place better — and the inexpensive yet effective design stuck.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Definition of twisted

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South India is the scent of frangipani and coffee, bushels of bananas and coconuts, women with gold nose rings and hair braided with jasmine and mustachioed men in pink with hands on hips.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Quen Blackwell’s hair is braided and pulled into a delicate updo that adds volume and structure to her look.

— Sunnah Rasheed, InStyle, 24 June 2026

Definition of braided

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But the average couple have arguably become more intertwined.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
These intertwined thematic threads—language and the body, social and political repression, and lines of flight towards liberation—coalesce in Cris Judar’s fiction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of intertwined

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Whitehead, meanwhile, crystalizes his sense of what makes the city run, where Carney fits in, and how the straight and crooked worlds are entwined in one strange ecosystem with laws that only the lawless can enforce.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Though their characters are not as entwined as their roles in previous projects, Garner was thrilled to be working again with Greer, her close friend of more than 30 years.

— Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026

Definition of entwined

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There were no global superstars, and only a couple of players at genuinely elite clubs like Benfica and Villarreal; most plied their trade well outside football’s spotlight.

— André Martin, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Tsietsi sent one of them to the front as a lookout, while the others eagerly plied him with questions about his activities.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Definition of plied

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But soaking produce in water with a few teaspoons of baking soda mixed in can get fruit and veggies even cleaner and potentially remove leftover pesticide residue too.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
In Greater China, which includes the Hong Kong and Macao markets, the picture was mixed, with retail sales rising 9 percent on a stable store base, but wholesale replenishment orders described as modest.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of mixed

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Naturally, those walks have often turned into quests for something cold, boozy and blended.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
After the red paint disappeared, the curbs blended back into the concrete, leaving drivers to determine whether parking was allowed under a new California law aimed at improving visibility at intersections.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

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