Twine: Definition and part of speech

Twine

  1. n. The act of twining or winding round.
  2. n. A twist; a convolution.
  3. n. 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.
  4. n. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
  5. n. To change the direction of.
  6. n. To mingle; to mix.
  7. v. i. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
  8. v. i. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
  9. v. i. To turn round; to revolve.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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