interlaces

verb

Definition of interlacesnext
present tense third-person singular of interlace
1
as in weaves
to cause to twine about one another interlaced strands of her hair for a new look

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2
as in intersperses
to scatter or set here and there among other things interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech

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3
as in knots
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

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“Interlaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlaces. Accessed 28 Jan. 2023.

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