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twine
1[ twahyn ]
/ twaɪn /
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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
1before 900; Middle English twine (noun), twinen (v.), Old English twīn (noun) literally, a double or twisted thread; cognate with Dutch twijn; akin to German Zwirn,Old Norse tvinni thread, twine; see twi-
OTHER WORDS FROM twine
twine·a·ble, adjectivetwiner, nounWords nearby twine
twin bed, twinberry, twin bill, twinborn, Twin Cities, twine, twin-engine, Twin Falls, twinflower, twinge, twi-night
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twine2
[ twahyn ]
/ twaɪn /
verb (used with or without object), twined, twin·ing.Scot.
to separate; part.
Also twin.
Origin of twine
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British Dictionary definitions for twine
twine
/ (twaɪn) /
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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