twine

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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”).

Konzepte

flechten

winden

schlingen

Bindfaden

🧵

Faden

🧶

Schnur

zwirnen

Strippe

🪢

weben

Wicklung

Litze

Windung

wirken

Zwirn

🧵

Hanfkordel

Kordel

sich ranken

Verschlingung

Wickelung

Schnüre

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

vlechten

ficelle

enrouler

tresser

spago

bramante

entrançar

plectere

trançar

trenzar

entrelazar

trenar

entrecruzar

tisser

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: twyn

Geerbt von Altenglisch: twīn

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: twinen

Geerbt von Altenglisch: *twīnian

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: twijnen

Verwandt mit Dänisch: tvinde

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: tvinna

Verwandt mit Isländisch: 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”).