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Definition: IN TWAIN |
IN TWAIN1. In halves; into two parts; asunder. When old winder split the rocks in twain. --Dryden. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disjunction | Sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind; circumcise; cut; incide, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend; rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice. |
Adverb: separately; Adjective: one by one, severally, apart; adrift, asunder, in twain; in the abstract, abstractedly. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: IN TWAIN |
| English words defined with "IN TWAIN": Atwain, Atwo ♦ In two ♦ Untwain. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "IN TWAIN": Commendation Ninepence. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "IN TWAIN": Disdiaclast. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "IN TWAIN": cleave in twain. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "IN TWAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | ketté (asunder, in half). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay aintway ikili olarak, ikişerli olarak. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai to katapetasma tou naou escisqh eiV duo apo anwqen ewV katw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et velum templi scissum est in duo a sursum usque deorsum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ænd þas temples wah-irift wæs to-slitenon twa of ufewearden odðe niðeweard. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the veil of the temple was rent atwo fro the hiyeste to bynethe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peces from the toppe to the boottome. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang tabil sa templo nagilis sa duha ka bahin gikan sa taas ngadto sa ubos. |
| Croatian | I zavjesa se hramska razdrije nadvoje, odozgor dodolje. |
| Danish | Og Forhænget i Templet splittedes i to fra øverst til nederst. |
| Dutch | En het voorhangsel des tempels scheurde in tweeen, van boven tot beneden. |
| Finnish | Mutta kun sadanpäämies, joka seisoi häntä vastapäätä, näki hänen näin antavan henkensä, sanoi hän: "Totisesti tämä ihminen oli Jumalan Poika". |
| French | Le voile du temple se déchira en deux, depuis le haut jusqu`en bas. |
| Gaelic | Agus sthracadh brat an teampuill na dha leth bho bhraighe gu iochdar. |
| German | Und der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß in zwei Stücke von obenan bis untenaus. |
| Haitian Creole | Rido ki te nan tanp lan chire an de moso depi anwo jouk anba. |
| Hungarian | És a templom kárpítja fölétõl aljáig ketté hasada. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Gorden yang tergantung di dalam Rumah Tuhan sobek menjadi dua dari atas sampai ke bawah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tirai Bait Allah cariklah terbelah dua, dari atas sampai ke bawah. |
| Latvian | Un priekðkars dievnamâ pârplîsa divâs daïâs no augðas lîdz apakðai. |
| Maori | A ka wahia te arai o te temepara i waenganui pu mai i runga ki raro. |
| Norwegian | Og forhenget i templet revnet i to stykker fra øverst til nederst. |
| Portuguese | Então o véu do santuário se rasgou em dois, de alto a baixo. |
| Rumanian | Perdeaua dinlquntrul Templului s`a rupt kn douq de sus pknq jos. |
| Shuar | Túramtai Yusa Uunt Jeen ejamu ninki jaanakmiayi, Yakíya Nunká. |
| Swahili | Basi, pazia la Hekalu likapasuka vipande viwili toka juu mpaka chini. |
| Swedish | Då rämnade förlåten i templet i två stycken, uppifrån och ända ned. |
| Uma | Nto'u toe, kain porini-olo' to tetoe hi rala Tomi Alata'ala mobika' ntongo' ngkai lolo-na rata hi une' -na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-n-n-t-w" | |
-2 letters: twain, witan. | |
-3 letters: anti, inia, inti, tain, twin, wain, wait, want. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, awn, inn, nan, naw, nit, tan, taw, tin, twa, wan, wat, win, wit. | |
-5 letters: ai, an, at, aw, in, it, na, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-n-n-t-w" | |
+3 letters: inswathing, nationwide. | |
+4 letters: antiwhaling, antiwrinkle, handwriting, wainscoting. | |
+5 letters: handwritings, interweaving, wainscotings, wainscotting, withstanding. | |
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