twine

Meaning

Noun

1. A twist; a convolution.
2. 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. The act of twining or winding round.
4. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

Verb

1. To weave together.
2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
4. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
5. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
6. 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”)

Synonyms

string

🪢

braid

twist

plait

cord

wreathe

rope

🪢

entwine

wind

weave

thread

🧵

coil

roll

lace

curl

loop

➿

spiral

intertwine

twirl

line

interlace

enlace

wrap

ribbon

🎀

cable

distort

tie

band

spin

convulate

intwine

tether

packthread

strand

knit

belt

bind

knot

🪢

wring

interweave

lap

wind around

hawser

coil around

roll up

rotate

round

rub

ruddle

screw

scroll

📜

short-circuit

skirt

splay

spread out

squirm

strap

take in

tape

tieback

tie up

torsion

tortile

skate over

turn

turn out

twiddle

vine

voluminous

wattle

whorl

winding

writhe

yarn

🧶

gold braid

intertwist

wind round

linen thread

voluminosity

thin rope

twin wire

pack-thread

two-ply yarn

two-fold yarn

hemo yarn

ambulate

gut line

bindle

bolt

bridle

bundle

change

circle

⭕

circulate

circumnavigate

circumvent

circumvolve

contort

contortion

crimp

crochet

cycle

dragnet

embrace

enfold

entangle

enwrap

fishing line

fold

girdle

go around

hairdo

helix

itinerate

kink

meander

move around

orbit

painter

🧑‍🎨

pan

piece of string

pigtail

pivot

plash

pronate

raddle

recoil

reel

rigging

ring

💍

Pronounced as (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Etymology

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”).