twine

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A twist; a convolution.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of twining or winding round.
4. (countable, uncountable) Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

Verb

1. (transitive) To weave together.
2. (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
3. (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
4. (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
5. (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
6. (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
7. (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
8. (obsolete) To change the direction of.
9. (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.

Verb

Alternative form of twin (“to separate”).

Conceptes

trenar

cordill

🪢

enrotllar

girar

teixir

encerclar

enllaçar

envoltar

voltar

cordell

🪢

fil d’empalomar

cargolar

concatenar

circumdar

entrellaçar

entreteixir

enroscar

entrellaçar-se

fil d'empalomar

corda

🪢

guita

embolicar

Sinònims

string

🪢

braid

twist

plait

cord

wreathe

entwine

wind

rope

🪢

weave

thread

🧵

coil

lace

roll

curl

loop

➿

spiral

intertwine

twirl

line

enlace

distort

cable

interlace

wrap

ribbon

🎀

band

tie

lap

coil around

wind around

convulate

belt

wring

intwine

knot

🪢

knit

bind

interweave

hawser

tether

spin

strand

packthread

entangle

circumvent

enfold

circumnavigate

embrace

dragnet

Traduccions

vlechten

ficelle

tresser

enrouler

flechten

entrançar

plectere

trançar

spago

bramante

entrecruzar

entrelazar

schlingen

winden

trenzar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: twyn

Heretat de anglès antic: twīn

Heretat de anglès mitjà: twinen

Heretat de anglès antic: *twīnian

Cognat amb neerlandès: twijnen

Cognat amb danès: tvinde

Cognat amb suec: tvinna

Cognat amb islandès: tvinna

In summary

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-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).