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twine
1[ twahyn ]
/ twaÉȘn /
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noun
verb (used with object), twined, twin·ing.
verb (used without object), twined, twin·ing.
to wind about something; twist itself in spirals (usually followed by about, around, etc.): Strangling vines twined about the tree.
to wind in a sinuous or meandering course.
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Origin of twine
1First recorded before 900; Middle English noun twin(e), twinne, , Old English twÄ«n literally, âa double or twisted threadâ; cognate with Dutch twijn, Old Norse tvinni âthread, twineâ; akin to German Zwirn; see twi-
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twine2
[ twahyn ]
/ twaÉȘn /
verb (used with or without object), twined, twin·ing.Scot.
to separate; part.
Also twin .
Origin of twine
2First recorded in 1200â50; Middle English twinen, variant of earlier twinnen, derivative of twin twin1
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British Dictionary definitions for twine
twine
/ (twaÉȘn) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of twine
twiner, nounWord Origin for twine
Old English twīn; related to Old Frisian twīne, Dutch twijn twine, Lithuanian dvynu twins; see twin
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