interdigitate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other.
  2. To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand.
  3. To intermingle; to present alternately items from one group and then another.

Word forms

interdigitate interdigitates interdigitating interdigitated

Etymology

From inter- + digitate.

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