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interlace

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/
  • US: /ˌɪn.tɚˈleɪs/
  • rhymes with -eɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 L EY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A decorative element found especially in early medieval art

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: arts, visual-arts

Examples

  • Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To cross one with another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to interlace wires

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interthread, intertwine, interweave, betwine, braid, entwist, entwine, interlace, intertwist, lace, lock, raddle, ruddle, twine, twist

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To mingle; to blend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • interlacing branches

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

spin,wind, or twist together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • intertwine the ribbons
  • Twine the threads into a rope
  • intertwined hearts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, lace

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: twist, twine, distort

Narrower terms: wreathe, wind, wattle, pleach, plash, ravel, tangle, knot, splice

7

verb

Meaning 7

hold in a locking position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He locked his hands around her neck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lock, interlock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hold, take hold

History

Etymology

From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Galician: entrelazado — decorative element found in medieval art
  • German: Flechtband — decorative element found in medieval art
  • Bulgarian: презредова развивка (prezredova razvivka) — technique of improving the picture quality
  • Czech: prokládání — technique of improving the picture quality
  • Finnish: lomitus — technique of improving the picture quality
  • German: Zeilensprung — technique of improving the picture quality
  • Bulgarian: преплитам (preplitam) — to cross one with another
  • Catalan: entrellaçar — to cross one with another
  • Finnish: punoa yhteen — to cross one with another
  • Finnish: limittää — to cross one with another
  • French: entrelacer — to cross one with another
  • German: verflechten — to cross one with another
  • German: verschränken — to cross one with another
  • Māori: rauwiri — to cross one with another
  • Māori: rauiri — to cross one with another
  • Portuguese: entrelaçar — to cross one with another
  • Portuguese: entrançar — to cross one with another
  • Spanish: entrelazar — to cross one with another
  • Bulgarian: преплитам се (preplitam se) — to cross one another as if woven together
  • Finnish: punoutua yhteen — to cross one another as if woven together
  • Finnish: limittyä — to cross one another as if woven together
  • French: s'entrelacer — to cross one another as if woven together
  • German: durchflechten — to cross one another as if woven together
  • German: sich verschlingen — to cross one another as if woven together
  • German: ineinandergreifen — to cross one another as if woven together
  • Spanish: entrelazar — to cross one another as if woven together
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