INTERLACE Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

interlace

verb

ˌin-tər-ˈlās

Definition of interlace

as in to weave

to cause to twine about one another interlaced strands of her hair for a new look

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as in to combine

to scatter or set here and there among other things interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech

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as in to knot

to twist together into a usually confused mass I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what

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Recent Examples of interlace Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 Sateen is a cotton fabric in a satin weave structure where the warps and wefts interlace at irregular intervals as compared to plain weave, Glusica explains. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2026 Perhaps the most egregious example was a video posted by the White House that interlaced videos of bombings with clips from Wii Sports games set to cheerful music. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 28 Mar. 2026 All were active in Los Angeles — Williams, for instance, was a pivotal designer on the LAX Theme Building — and Smith interlaces decorative flourishes in varying styles that twist around one another to work up the Legacy Tower’s pointed spheres. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interlace

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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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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
That's when Bouanga used assists from Jude Terry and Aaron Long to knot the score with his 11th goal of the season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of knot

Verb

Alice’s revelation is interspersed with her conversation with Catherine.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
The weekend-long event featured more than 30 artists from China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, the United States and more performing on the arena’s main stage, interspersed with awards and speeches.

— Dan Rys, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of intersperse

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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

Verb

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

Definition of intertwine

Verb

Lightly salt the zucchini and cook for 5 to 6 minutes, until golden.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Fall menu items are currently available and include a campfire mocha, candied pecan cold brew, caramel apple matcha, boo-berry latte, cherry garcia and salted maple latte.

— Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

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