twine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: twine	by the DICT Development Group
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
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.
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.
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.