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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make complicated |
| Synonyms: | cloud, coil, contort, intricate, loop, snaking, spiral, tangle, twist, wind |
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
| Synonyms: | add fuel to fire, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves, mix up, muck up, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up, snafu, snag, snarl up, tangle, twist, upset |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
| Synonyms: | bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe |
| Antonyms: | beautify, smooth |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, loop |
| Synonyms: | buckle, coil, contort, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, scallop, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | intertwine/interweave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist around |
| Synonyms: | associate, braid, connect, convolute, crisscross, cross, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertwist, intervolve, interwind, interwreathe, link, mesh, network, relate, reticulate, tangle, tat, weave |
| Antonyms: | untwine, untwist |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make curved; remove angles |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, coil, convolute, crook, curl, curve, form, loop, mold, perfect, polish, recurve, refine, shape, sleek, slick, smooth, whorl |
| Main Entry: | rolling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotating |
| Synonyms: | circumrotary, convolute, convoluted, hilly, involuted, lurching, resounding, reverberating, undulant, undulate, undulating, voluble |
| Main Entry: | wind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, turn |
| Synonyms: | coil, convolute, corkscrew, cover, crook, curl, curve, deviate, distort, encircle, enclose, entwine, envelop, fold, furl, loop, meander, ramble, reel, roll, screw, slither, snake, spiral, swerve, twine, twist, weave, wrap, wreathe, wriggle, zigzag |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | intertwine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist |
| Synonyms: | associate, braid, connect, convolute, crisscross, cross, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertwist, intervolve, interweave, interwind, interwreathe, link, mesh, network, relate, reticulate, tangle, weave |
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