twine.
A twist; a convolution.
Meaning & usage
A twist; a convolution.
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.
The act of twining or winding round.
Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).
To weave together.
To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
Many plants twine.
To turn round; to revolve.
To change the direction of.
To mingle; to mix.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *twīnian (“to twine, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznōną (“to thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Dutch twijnen (“to twine, contort, throw”), Danish tvinde (“to twist”), Swedish tvinna (“to twist, twine, throw”), Icelandic tvinna (“to merge, twine”).
Alternative form of twin (“to separate”).
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