Twine

Quick meaning: Twine is a noun meaning A twist; a convolution.

Meaning

A twist; a convolution.

More Meanings

1. The act of twining or winding round.
2. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
3. (transitive) To weave together.
4. (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
5. (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
6. (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

She was twining her fingers together.

Not Typhon huge ending in ſnaky twine:

Let me twine Mine arms about that body […]

The Colewort's rankness, but with amorous twine / Clasps the tall Elm

Word Forms

• twines
• twining
• twined

Synonyms for twine

Depending on context, synonyms include betwine, entwine, intertwine, braid, entwist, interlace.

Antonyms for twine

Common opposites include untwine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include entwine, intertwine, enlace, string, interlace, lace.

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