twine

(Inglese)

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”).

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: twyn

Ereditato da inglese antico: twīn

Ereditato da inglese medio: twinen

Ereditato da inglese antico: *twīnian

Affine olandese: twijnen

Affine danese: tvinde

Affine svedese: tvinna

Affine islandese: 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”).

Concetti

spago

cordicella

attorcigliarsi

avvolgere

cordoncino

🪢

torcere

corda

🪢

funicella

intrecciare

arrotolare

lenza

filo

🧵

stringa

🪢

attorcigliare

avviticchiare

avviticchiarsi

contorcere

sinonimi

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