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Definition twine

Etymology 1

From Middle English twine, twyne, twin, from Old English tw?n (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh? (“two”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Twien (“yarn, thread”), Dutch twijn (“twine”), Dutch tweern (“thread, twine”), German Zwirn (“thread”), Icelandic tvinni (“a double-thread”). More at twire.

Noun

twine (countable and uncountable, plural twines)

1. A twist; a convolution.
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.
4. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

Etymology 2

From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *tw?nian (“to twine, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *twizn?n? (“to thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh? (“two”). Cognate with Dutch twijnen (“to twine, contort, throw”), Danish tvinde (“to twist”), Swedish tvinna (“to twist, twine, throw”), Icelandic tvinna (“to merge, twine”).

Verb

twine (third-person singular simple present twines, present participle twining, simple past and past participle twined)

1. (transitive) To weave together.
2. (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
3. (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
4. (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
5. (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
6. (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
7. (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
8. (obsolete) To change the direction of.
9. (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.

Etymology 3

Verb

twine (third-person singular simple present twines, present participle twining, simple past and past participle twined)

1. Alternative form of twin (“to separate”)

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