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| English Dictionary: twine |
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| 4 results for twine |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- twine
- n
- a lightweight cord
Synonym(s): string, twine
- v
- spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
"Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
Synonym(s): intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
Antonym(s): untwine
- arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
Synonym(s): wind, wrap, roll, twine
Antonym(s): unroll, unwind, wind off
- make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"
- form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
Synonym(s): twist, twine, distort
Antonym(s): untwist
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Twine \Twine\, v. i.
1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
As rivers, though they bend and twine, Still to the
sea their course incline. --Swift.
3. To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] --Chapman.
4. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb
spirally; as, many plants twine.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Twine \Twine\, n. [AS. twin, properly, a twisted or double
thread; akin to D. twijn, Icel. twinni; from twi-. See
{Twice}, and cf. {Twin}.]
1. A twist; a convolution.
Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. --Milton.
2. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads
or strands twisted together, and used for various
purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and
the like; a small cord or string.
3. The act of twining or winding round. --J. Philips.
{Twine reeler}, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind
of mule, or spinning machine.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Twine \Twine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twining}.] [OE. twinen, fr. AS. tw[imac]n a twisted thread;
akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde.
See {Twine}, n.]
1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of
threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible
substance around another body.
Let me twine Mine arms about that body. --Shak.
3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. --Pope.
4. To change the direction of. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] --Crashaw.
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