INTERWOVE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

interwove

verb

variants also interweaved

past tense of interweave

as in twisted

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 interspersed

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 knotted

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 interwove That project, which interweaved Elizabethan dialogue with a contemporary setting, signaled another artistic pivot. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026

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Verb

The rat bit and tore and scratched while the snake twisted and flailed.

— Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
After the hair is parted into sections, each section is twisted or braided.

— Eden Stuart, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of twisted

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Footage and audio of Prince performing onstage is interspersed throughout, underscoring the musical legacy Fisher is preparing to take on.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2026
The opening ceremony was interspersed with video clips featuring the likes of Aronofsky, Steven Spielberg, Gal Gadot, and Ben Affleck sharing views on AI that ranged from optimistic to paranoid.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of interspersed

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After the hair is parted into sections, each section is twisted or braided.

— Eden Stuart, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026
His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of braided

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With the level of skill and talent in the room and Fagen’s neurotic focus, The Nightfly would be a glimmering sonic masterpiece, even as his material looked back to the days of two-track recordings mixed to mono.

— Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
Near-seasonable temperatures with periods of cloud coverage mixed with sunshine are forecast in Central Florida on Sunday.

— Felix Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of mixed

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At the time, Daptone was grieving their star vocalist Sharon Jones and wasn’t officially working with new acts, while the sisters got tangled in a bad deal with another manager.

— Natelegé Whaley, VIBE.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Though dreams are tangled up in our desires, Freud’s royal road to the unconscious is not unlike the road in Lost Highway, and other similar Möbius strip horrors, such as the purgatorial Dead End.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangled

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These practices likely come from Shamanic and Tengrian traditions of tying strips of cloth to sacred trees and mountain passes to honor nature spirits––customs that became intertwined with local forms of Muslim saint veneration over time.

— Avantika Chaturvedi, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026
Such resourcefulness has become a defining characteristic of Ashlyn, where creative experimentation and commercial considerations are closely intertwined.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of intertwined

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The teams combined atomic-scale simulations with electron microscopy and experiments to see how changes in the two materials could help meet growing demand for denser data storage as AI use expands.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
The teams combined for 1,220 yards of offense — 894 of those before halftime — but a few defensive plays in the fourth quarter were as big as any of the game's 13 plays of at least 30 yards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026

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