twine
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twine¹
- /twaɪn/
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).
noun twines · twyne
- A twist; a convolution. Not Typhon huge ending in ſnaky twine:
- A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string. The orioles like to build the framework of twine, and it is marvelous how they will loop this around a twig almost as evenly knotted as if crocheted[…]
- The act of twining or winding round. The Colewort's rankness, but with amorous twine / Clasps the tall Elm
- Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations. 1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music. The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine …
twine²
- /twaɪn/
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *twīnian (“to twine, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznōną (“to thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Dutch twijnen (“to twine, contort, throw”), Danish tvinde (“to twist”), Swedish tvinna (“to twist, twine, throw”), Icelandic tvinna (“to merge, twine”).
verb twines · twining · twined · twyne
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To weave together.
Similar: betwine, entwine, intertwine, braid, entwist, interlace, interthread, intertwist, interweave, lace, lock, raddle
- To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. Let me twine Mine arms about that body […]
- To wind about; to embrace; to entwine. “Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine,” The victor cried, “the glorious prize is mine! […]”
- To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine. Usually some old crone was squatted on the earth floor, weaving cedar fibre or tatters of old cloth into a mat, her claw-like fingers twining in and out, in and out, among the strands that were fastened to a crude frame of sticks.
- To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander. As rivers, though they bend and twine, Still to the sea their course incline:
- To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally. Many plants twine.
- To turn round; to revolve. dancers twine midst cedar-fragrant glades
- To change the direction of. For where he turned his sword, or twined his steed, He slew, or man and beast on earth down laid,
- To mingle; to mix. As lumpes of sugar loose themselues, and twine Their subtile essence with the soul of wine.
twine³
- /twaɪn/
Rhymes with -aɪn
verb twines · twining · twined · twyne
- Alternative form of twin (“to separate”).
Twine⁴
proper noun
- A surname.
Translations
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noun a twist; a convolution
| Español | circunvolución, torsión |
|---|---|
| Français | torsion, convolution |
| Deutsch | Windung, Verschlingung, Drehung, Ranke, Wicklung |
| Română | răsucire |
| Русский | сплете́ние spleténije |
noun strong thread
| Español | cordel, cuerda, guita |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 合股線 /合股线 hégǔ xiàn |
| Português | cordel, barbante |
| Français | ficelle |
| Deutsch | Kordel, Zwirn, Schnur |
| Italiano | spago |
| Română | șnur |
| Русский | бечёвка bečóvka, шпага́т špagát |
| עברית | חוּט מְשִׁיחָה khut meshikha |
noun the act of twining
| Español | entrelazar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Winden, Verdrehen, Zwirnen, Verschlingen, Verwinden, Wickeln |
| Русский | сплете́ние spleténije, скру́чивание skrúčivanije |
verb to weave together
| Deutsch | flechten, binden, winden, zwirnen, verzwirnen |
|---|---|
| Русский | ви́ться vítʹsja, обвива́ться obvivátʹsja |
verb to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body
| Tiếng Việt | quấn |
|---|
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