Twine
[twaɪn]
Definition
(verb.) make by twisting together or intertwining; 'twine a rope'.
Editor: Tracy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A twist; a convolution.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The act of twining or winding round.
(n.) To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
(n.) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
(n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
(n.) To change the direction of.
(n.) To mingle; to mix.
(v. i.) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
(v. i.) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
(v. i.) To turn round; to revolve.
(v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.
Editor: Peter
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Twist together.[2]. Encircle, surround, embrace, entwine, wind about, wind around.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Twist, wind, embrace, entwine, wreath, bind, unite, braid, bend, meander
ANT:Untwist, unwind, separate, disunite, detach, unwreath, unravel, disentwine,continue, straighten
Editor: Stacy
Definition
n. a cord composed of two or more threads twisted together: a twist: an intertwining.—v.t. to wind as two threads together: to twist together: to wind about: to encircle: to blend intermingle.—v.i. to unite closely: to bend: to make turns: to ascend spirally round a support.—ns. Twine′-hold′er a case for holding a ball of twine to be unwinded as required; Twī′ner one who or that which twines.—adj. Twī′ning twisting winding.—adv. Twī′ningly.
a variant of twin to separate.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see twine in your dream, warns you that your business is assuming complications which will be hard to overcome. See Thread.
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- Gorham, of Illinois, built a successful twine binder, and had it at work in the harvest field in 1874. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Inventors accordingly concentrated their attention on the use of twine or cord. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Appleby, who, in 1878, had perfected a twine binder attachment. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He began to ransack his tutor's desk for a piece of wax or twine necessary to his work. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- McCormick realized that he must give the farmers what they demanded, and he looked about for a man who could invent a new method of binding with twine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Their cardboard boxes were wrapped and tied neatly with waxed twine. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It had the curves and indentations in it still, where it had been twined and bound. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She sat down again, her face flushed deeply, and her hands twisted and twined together in her lap. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She raised them up, looked earnestly at them, twined them around her thin fingers, and looked from time to time, anxiously at her father. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He opened it, and a lock of long, curling hair fell from it, and twined about his fingers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Thrown out on the winds it became twined in with them, and with them it flew away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She twined herself round the heart of Miss Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She is in a gorgeous oriental costume; the black braided locks are twined with innumerable jewels; her dress is covered over with gold piastres. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This was said as she stood at the glass, training her naturally waved hair into curls, by twining it round her fingers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How could I wonder, when I saw their innocent faces shrinking away, and their arms twining round her neck, instead of mine? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Jew stopped to hear no more; but uttering a loud yell, and twining his hands in his hair, rushed from the room, and from the house. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Twines not of them one golden thread, But for its sake a Paynim bled. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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