Interweave
Interweave verb - To twist together into a usually confused mass.
Usage example: in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle
Tangle is a synonym for interweave. In some cases you can use "Tangle" instead the word "Interweave" as a verb or a noun.
Tangle
Tangle verb - To twist together into a usually confused mass.
Usage example: that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| threads | interweave threads | tangle threads |
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Tangle and Interweave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/interweave/tangle
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