twine

Plural: twines

Noun

• a lightweight cord
• 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

Verb Forms: twined, twining, twines

• To twist together or intertwine something.
• spin,wind, or twist together
  • "intertwine the ribbons"
  • "Twine the threads into a rope"
  • "intertwined hearts"
• arrange or or coil around
  • "Twine the thread around the spool"
• make by twisting together or intertwining
  • "twine a rope"
• form into a spiral shape
• 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.
• Alternative form of twin (“to separate”).

Examples

• He watched the letters TWINE together on the board, forming a beautiful, high-scoring word.
• Many plants twine.

Synonyms

distort, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, roll, string, twist, wind, wrap

Antonyms

untwine, untwist, unwind

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