twine

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• To weave together.
• To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
• To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
• To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
• To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
• To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
• To turn round; to revolve.
• To change the direction of.
• To mingle; to mix.
• Alternative of twin

Origin

• 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.
• From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *twīnian ("to twine, thread"), from Proto-Germanic *twiznōną ("to thread"), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós ("double"), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ("two"). Cognate with Dutch twijnen ("to twine, contort, throw"), Danish tvinde ("to twist"), Swedish tvinna ("to twist, twine, throw"), Icelandic tvinna ("to merge, twine").