twine

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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”).

Έννοιες

σπάγγος

συστρέφω

συστροφή

τυλίσσομαι

τυλίσσω

νήμα εστριμμένο

είμαι συνυφασμένος

συστρέφομαι

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

ficelle

vlechten

tresser

enrouler

trançar

bramante

spago

plectere

flechten

entrançar

trenar

entrecruzar

schlingen

winden

entrelazar

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: twyn

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: twīn

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: twinen

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: *twīnian

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: twijnen

Συγγενές με Δανικά: tvinde

Συγγενές με Σουηδικά: tvinna

Συγγενές με Ισλανδικά: 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”).