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