twine

Significado (Inglês)

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”).

Conceitos

trançar

entrançar

corda

🪢

barbante

fio

🧵

cordel

enlaçar

entrelaçar

envenenar algo

cordão

entretecer

tecer

urdir

bolear

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

vlechten

ficelle

enrouler

tresser

flechten

plectere

bramante

spago

entrelazar

entrecruzar

trenzar

schlingen

winden

trenar

tisser

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: twyn

Herdado de inglês arcaico: twīn

Herdado de inglês médio: twinen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: *twīnian

Cognato com holandês: twijnen

Cognato com dinamarquês: tvinde

Cognato com sueco: tvinna

Cognato com islandês: 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”).