twine

Significado (Inglés)

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”).

Conceptos

bramante

entrecruzar

trenzar

entrelazar

hilo

🧵

cuerda

guita

💸

cordel

🪢

enroscar

hilo bramante

retorcerse

cordón

enlazar

🔗

enrollar

envolver

retorcer

tejer

torcer

cordon

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

ficelle

vlechten

tresser

enrouler

trançar

flechten

spago

plectere

entrançar

trenar

schlingen

winden

tisser

zwirnen

natter

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: twyn

Heredado de inglés antiguo: twīn

Heredado de inglés medio: twinen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: *twīnian

Cognado con neerlandés: twijnen

Cognado con danés: tvinde

Cognado con sueco: tvinna

Cognado con islandés: 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”).