INTERWEAVE Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

interweave

verb

ˌin-tər-ˈwēv

Definition of interweave

as in to weave

to cause to twine about one another interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree

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as in to combine

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

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as in to knot

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

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Recent Examples of interweave Its attempts to do so, most notably by interweaving elements of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz — including a CGI lion voiced by Colman Domingo — are heavy-handed acts of fan service that feel arbitrary. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026 Listening to Kelly and Giffords, I was periodically struck by how their endeavors have been interwoven. — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 The Gracious Visionary interweaves documentary and reenacted components to tell the story of how his mindset was shaped by learning philosophy, playing cards and the generosity of others. — Nick Vivarelli For Variety, Robb Report, 20 July 2026 Mendieta is best known for work that interweaves sadness with violence, drawing on her experiences of exile and her feminist politics to negotiate the transient fragility of life. — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for interweave

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In a women's cooperative in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, members weave wedding blankets, and at a workshop in Bagru in India, artisans pound block prints onto fabric.

— Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
Novotny recently created the look for Julia Fox, weaving chestnut tones through the deeper base for a soft, lived-in effect.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of weave

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When combined with a hot blanket of the humidity the city has endured throughout the summer, players could be forced to withdraw from their matches or push through, risking injury.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
The calculation refers to nominal total returns, combining coupon income and changes in the bond's market price.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of combine

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James’ first takeaway marked a major turning point in the game, with the contest knotted at 24 and just under nine minutes remaining.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
In the bottom of the ninth inning and a runner on second base for the Rockies with two outs, McCarthy had the opportunity to at least tie the game and force extra innings with a base knock to knot things up at two runs apiece.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of knot

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As the Tigers from both LSU and Clemson get set to tangle in Baton Rouge on Saturday to open the 2026 college football season, no one’s more popular on their respective campuses than those BMOCs.

— Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Trump is moving to strip California’s emissions authority, end tax credits and erase electric vehicle sales mandates, reshaping the national market while leaving the state’s clean-car future tangled in Washington-level uncertainty.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of tangle

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Those margins raise the prospect that similar language could be inserted into any further budget deals without triggering opposition.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
Extending Zero Trust To Code Applying zero trust to code execution does not mean inserting manual review into every software path or replacing controls such as EDR, vulnerability management, SAST, SCA, SBOMs, signing or provenance.

— Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of insert

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In this case, because the families of the victims and the defendant are intertwined, competing interests may interfere with consensus.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
State lawmakers on Monday passed new safeguards around social media, artificial intelligence and data centers at a time when technology has become intertwined with people’s daily lives.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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