ENTWINEMENTS Synonyms

• an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving

• an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

• the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

• an interconnected system of things or people

• computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

• a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)

• membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals

• construct or form a web, as if by weaving

• marked by elaborately complex detail

• a tight cluster of people or things

• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

• something twisted and tight and swollen

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

• make into knots; make knots out of

• tie or fasten into a knot

• tangle or complicate

• an associative relation

• (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)

• a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion

• the act of linking things together

• a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

• something jumbled or confused

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• tangle or complicate

• disarrange or rumple; dishevel

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

• an unforeseen development

• an interpretation of a text or action

• any clever maneuver

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a circular segment of a curve

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

• the act of winding or twisting

• turning or twisting around (in place)

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• turn in the opposite direction

• form into a spiral shape

• form into twists

• extend in curves and turns

• do the twist

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• a state of being connected reciprocally

• (computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.)