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interlacing

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in·ter·lace  (ntr-ls)
v. in·ter·laced, in·ter·lac·ing, in·ter·lac·es
v.tr.
1. To connect by or as if by lacing together; interweave.
2. To intersperse; intermix: interlaced the testimony with half-truths.
v.intr.
To intertwine: "As the earth thaws, numberless little streams are formed to overlap and interlace with one another" (Joyce Carol Oates).
inter·lacement n.
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Adj.1.interlacing - linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
interlinking, interlocking, interwoven
complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
Translations
interlacing
adj → verflochten; branches also → verschlungen
n → Flechtwerk nt


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And, interlacing his fingers, Alexey Alexandrovitch stretched them, and the joints of the fingers cracked.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
He was seated on an old-fashioned oaken chair, wriggling all over with curious carving; and the bottom of which was formed of a stout interlacing of the same elastic stuff of which the wigwam was constructed.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
High up and out of sight, over the prodigious stage of the court theater is a maze of interlacing water-pipes, so pierced that in case of fire, innumerable little thread-like streams of water can be caused to descend; and in case of need, this discharge can be augmented to a pouring flood.
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