twine

Betekenis (Engels)

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”).

Concepten

vlechten

hengelsnoer

koordje

sim

slingeren

snaar

🪢

strengelen

touwtje

twijnen

warboel

weven

twijn

zich kronkelen

dooreenstrengelen

kronkel

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

ficelle

tresser

enrouler

entrançar

bramante

flechten

spago

plectere

trançar

entrecruzar

entrelazar

schlingen

winden

trenar

trenzar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: twyn

Overgenomen van Oudengels: twīn

Overgenomen van Middelengels: twinen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *twīnian

Verwant aan Nederlands: twijnen

Verwant aan Deens: tvinde

Verwant aan Zweeds: tvinna

Verwant aan IJslands: 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”).