Antonyms for interlace


Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-ter-leys, in-ter-leys
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈleɪs, ˈɪn tərˌleɪs


Definition of interlace

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Middle French entrelacer, from entre- (see entre-) + lacer (see lace). Television sense is from 1927. Related: Interlaced; interlacing. The noun is 1904, from the verb.
  • verb intertwine
Example sentences :
  • It made her interlace her fingers with nervous anxiety, but it set a fire in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • To interlace these is the crowning achievement of political science.
  • Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
  • To interlace a story with glass and with rope with color and roam.
  • Extract from : « Geography and Plays » by Gertrude Stein
  • They interpenetrate, interlace, correspond with and embrace each other.
  • Extract from : « Delsarte System of Oratory » by Various
  • Note the large fibers in the ligament, which branch and interlace.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Physiology » by Albert F. Blaisdell
  • Arrange them nicely so that they interlace properly and are evenly applied.
  • Extract from : « Hunting with the Bow and Arrow » by Saxton Pope
  • They have stout stems which twist and turn, interlace and knot themselves together into a tangled mass.
  • Extract from : « Rubber » by Edith A. Browne
  • One must act,—must be always stirring; life is a series of movements, the lines of which interlace.
  • Extract from : « Philosophic Nights In Paris » by Remy De Gourmont
  • Helis were rising from the factory lots, to interlace with incoming ships before joining with the great stream headed south.
  • Extract from : « Final Weapon » by Everett B. Cole
  • But regions which interlace so that in reality the word becomes a good deal of a misnomer.
  • Extract from : « Our Railroads To-Morrow » by Edward Hungerford

Synonyms for interlace

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