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Two things tangled so tight that pulling apart means tearing both.
means Twisted or wound together so closely that the parts are interlaced and hard to separate, whether physically or figuratively.
from From Middle English 'entwinen,' built from the prefix 'en-' (meaning 'to make, to put into') plus 'twine' — itself from Old English 'twīn,' a thread made by twisting two strands together. That 'twi-' is the same ancient two-ness that gives us 'twine,' 'twist,' 'twin,' and 'between': anything that comes in a doubled, paired, plied form. So to be entwined is literally to be made into twine — two threads spun into one cord, no longer telling where one ends and the other begins.
- botany
- Vines spiral the same direction by species instinct
- physics
- Entangled particles react instantly across any distance
- language
- From Old English twin, meaning two strands
- knots
- Some entanglements lock tighter the harder you pull
dna double helix — watson and crick's 1953 discovery of two intertwined strands forming the genetic code
braided rivers — waimakariri river in new zealand and platte river in nebraska with multiple entwined channels
lovers knot jewelry — centuries-old interlocking ring design symbolizing celtic and medieval commitment