Pronunciation
- IPA: /twaɪn/
twine
- A twist; a convolution.
- 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christ's Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […] , London: Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moſely, […], published 1645, OCLC 606951673 ↗, page 11 ↗:
- Not Typhon huge ending in ſnaky twine:
- 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.
- 1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.
- The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine [...]
- 1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.
- French: torsion, convolution
- German: Windung, Verschlingung, Drehung, Ranke, Wicklung
- Russian: сплете́ние
- Spanish: circunvolución, torsión
- French: ficelle
- German: Kordel, Zwirn, Schnur
- Italian: spago
- Portuguese: cordel
- Russian: бечёвка
- Spanish: cordel, cuerda, guita
- German: Winden, Verdrehen, Zwirnen, Verschlingen, Verwinden, Wickeln, Verzwirnen
- Russian: сплете́ние
- Spanish: entrelazar
twine (twines, present participle twining; past and past participle twined)
- (transitive) To weave together.
- (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
- circa 1607 William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene 5,
- Let me twine
- Mine arms about that body […]
- 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 10, p. 199,
- She was twining her fingers together.
- circa 1607 William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene 5,
- (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- 1712, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto III,
- “Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine,”
- The victor cried, “the glorious prize is mine! […] ”
- 1712, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto III,
- (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 1,
- Usually some old crone was squatted on the earth floor, weaving cedar fibre or tatters of old cloth into a mat, her claw-like fingers twining in and out, in and out, among the strands that were fastened to a crude frame of sticks.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 1,
- (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa,
- As rivers, though they bend and twine,
- Still to the sea their course incline:
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa,
- (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
- Many plants twine.
- (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
- (obsolete) To change the direction of.
- 1600, Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (1581), translated by Edward Fairfax, Book 20, Stanza 38,
- For where he turned his sword, or twined his steed,
- He slew, or man and beast on earth down laid,
- 1600, Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (1581), translated by Edward Fairfax, Book 20, Stanza 38,
- (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, “M. Crashaw’s Answer for Hope,” lines 29-30,
- As lumpes of sugar loose themselues, and twine
- Their subtile essence with the soul of wine.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, “M. Crashaw’s Answer for Hope,” lines 29-30,
- German: flechten, binden, winden, zwirnen, verzwirnen
- Russian: ви́ться
twine (twines, present participle twining; past and past participle twined)
- Alternative form of twin#English|twin (“to separate”)
Twine
Proper noun
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