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noun
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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 followed by in or into): He twined his fingers in his hair.
10.
EXPANDto clasp or enfold (something) around something else; place by or as if by winding (usually followed by about, around, etc.): She twined her arms about the sculpture and carried it away.
11.
COLLAPSEto 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 followed by about, around, etc.): Strangling vines twined about the tree.
13.
to wind in a sinuous or meandering course.
Origin:
before 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-
before 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-
Related forms
twine·a·ble, adjective
twin·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
twine
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
EXPANDdoes) is recorded from c.1300.
COLLAPSE
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