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Twined

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twine

1  [twahyn] ,noun, verb, twined, twin⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
2. an act of twining, twisting, or interweaving.
3. a coiled or twisted object or part; convolution.
4. a twist or turn in anything.
5. a knot or tangle.
–verb (used with object)
6. to twist together; interwind; interweave.
7. to form by or as by twisting together: to twine a wreath.
8. to twist (one strand, thread, or the like) with another; interlace.
9. to insert with a twisting or winding motion (usually fol. by in or into): He twined his fingers in his hair.
10. to clasp or enfold (something) around something else; place by or as if by winding (usually fol. by about, around, etc.): She twined her arms about the sculpture and carried it away.
11. to cause (a person, object, etc.) to be encircled with something else; wreathe; wrap: They twined the arch with flowers.
–verb (used without object)
12. to wind about something; twist itself in spirals (usually fol. by about, around, etc.): Strangling vines twined about the tree.
13. to wind in a sinuous or meandering course.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME twine (n.), twinen (v.), OE twīn (n.) lit., a double or twisted thread; c. D twijn; akin to G Zwirn, ON tvinni thread, twine; see twi-

Related forms:
twine⋅a⋅ble, adjective
twiner, noun

twine

2  [twahyn] ,
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), twined, twin⋅ing. Scot.
to separate; part.
Also, twin.

Origin:
1175–1225; late ME twinen, var. of earlier twinnen, deriv. of twin twin 1
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twine   (twīn)   
v.   twined, twin·ing, twines

v.   tr.

  1. To twist together (threads, for example); intertwine.

  2. To form by twisting, intertwining, or interlacing.

  3. To encircle or coil about: The fence post was twined by vines.

  4. To wind, coil, or wrap around something: "She was twining a wisp of hair very slowly around her fingers" (Anne Tyler).

v.   intr.

  1. To become twisted, interlaced, or interwoven.

  2. To go in a winding course; twist about: a stream twining through the forest.

n.  

  1. A strong string or cord made of two or more threads twisted together.

  2. Something formed by twining: a twine of bread dough.

  3. A tangle; a knot.


[Middle English twinen, from twin, twine, from Old English twīn, double thread; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
twin'er n.
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Word Origin & History

twine  (n.)
O.E. twin "double thread," from P.Gmc. *twizna- (cf. Du. twijn, Low Ger. twern, Ger. zwirn "twine, thread"), from the same root as twin (q.v.). The verb meaning "to twist strands together to form twine" is recorded from c.1275; sense of "to twist around something" (as twine does) is recorded from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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