interlace

UK: /ˌɪntəˈleɪs/

US: /ˌɪntɚˈleɪs, ˈɪntɚˌleɪs/

US: (in′tər lās′, in′tər lās′)

Inflections of 'interlace' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

interlaces

v 3rd person singular

interlacing

v pres p

interlaced

v past

interlaced

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•ter•lace /ˌɪntɚˈleɪs, ˈɪntɚˌleɪs/   v., -laced, -lac•ing. 

1. to cross one another as if woven together: [no object]
   Their hands interlaced.
   [~ + object]
   They interlaced their hands together.
2. to mix together:
   [~ + object + with] She interlaced her lecture on Schubert with some of his music.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•ter•lace  (in′tər lās′, in′tər lās′), v., -laced, -lac•ing. 
v.i. 

1. to cross one another, typically passing alternately over and under, as if woven together; intertwine:
   Their hands interlaced.

v.t. 

2. to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under;
   intertwine.
3. to mingle;
   blend.
4. to diversify, as with threads woven in.
5. to intersperse;
   intermingle:
   She interlaced her lecture on Schubert with some of his songs.

• Middle French en-trelacer
• 1325–75; inter- + lace; replacing Middle English entrelacen

in•ter•lac•ed•ly  (in′tər lā′sid lē), adv.  in′ter•lace′ment, n.