[twahyn] 
,noun, verb, twined, twin⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| twine (twīn) v. twined, twin·ing, twines v. tr.
[Middle English twinen, from twin, twine, from Old English twīn, double thread; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.] twin'er n. |
