Twining Synonyms & Definitions

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• TwiningDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
2. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twine
3. (a.) The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.

• TwinDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
2. (a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
3. (v. i.) To be born at the same birth.
4. (v. i.) To depart from a place or thing.
5. (v. t.) To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
6. (a.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
7. (v. i.) To bring forth twins.
8. (n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
9. (v. t.) To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
10. (a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
11. (n.) One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.
12. (n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another.
13. (n.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.

• TwineDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
2. (v. i.) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
3. (n.) To change the direction of.
4. (n.) To mingle; to mix.
5. (n.) The act of twining or winding round.
6. (n.) A twist; a convolution.
7. (n.) To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
8. (v. i.) To turn round; to revolve.
9. (v. i.) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
10. (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.
11. (n.) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
12. (v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.