twine

Pronunciation: /twaɪn/

The English word “twine” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

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.

verb

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.
To turn round; to revolve.
To change the direction of.
To mingle; to mix.

Etymology

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”).

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