Twine

Definition: Twine

Twine

Noun

1. A lightweight cord.

Verb

1. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope".

2. Coil around; "Wisteria twining the fence posts".

3. Wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool".

4. Make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a strong rope".

5. Form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "twine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Etymology: Twine \Twine\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon twin, properly, a twisted or double thread; akin to Dutch twijn, Icelandic twinni; from twi-. See Twice, and compare to Twin.]. (references)

Dream Interpretation

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Synonyms: Twine

Circumjacence

Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe).

Coherence

Verb: cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round; (join).

Convolution

Verb: be convoluted; Adjective:wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe; (cross).

Crossing

Twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe; anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link; lace, tat.

Depth

Adverb: beyond one's depth, out of one's depth; over head and ears; mark twine, mark twain.

Filament

Wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute.

Junction

Inosculate; entwine, intwine; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up.

Crosswords: Twine

Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota, The (performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Twine, Cordage, Rope, and Cable in Africa (reference)

• The 2002 World Market Forecasts for Imported Twine, Cordage, Rope, and Cable (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Twine, Cordage, Rope, and Cable Export Supplies (reference)

• The World Market for Twine, Cordage, Rope, and Cable: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Binding Twine (reference)

• Donald Lipski: A Brief History of Twine (reference)

• Rope, Cordage and Twine Manufacturing in Australia [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Twine, Cordage, Rope, and Cable in Africa [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Jerk & Twine Time (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Regency Cooking Twine (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Elevator, grain, coal, twine, livestock, Sisseton, South Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Victory food from American waters. At sunset fishermen mend nets torn by rocks on the ocean floor. A shortage of linen twine and Manila hemp needed for nets is only one of the war-time difficulties fishermen today must face. Credit: Library of Congress.

Flax twine plant, St. Paul Minn., International Harvester Co., Chicago, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "twine": braided netting twine ♦ cabled netting twine ♦ cotton twine ♦ mark twine ♦ netting twine ♦ plaited netting twine ♦ to twine ♦ twine about ♦ twine around ♦ twine itself ♦ twine reeler ♦ twine round. Additional references.

Ending with "twine": binder-twine.

Albanian

thur (braid, convolve, enmesh, fence, knit, pleach, shut up, spin, splice, stitch, twist, weave), spango (cord, packthread, string), përdredh (curl, intertwist, luxate, screw, sprain, turn, warp, wrick, wring), mbështjell (clothe, coil, encase, enfold, enlace, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fold, inlace, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, nuzzle, overcast, reel, reel up, roll, scarf, sheet, throw on, throw out, tuck up, underpin, wind, wind on, wrap, wreathe), kacavjerrem, i hedh duart, gjarpëroj (coil, curl, meander, take a winding course, weave, wind, wind up), gjalmë (cord, cordon, lace, shoelace, string, strong-thread), gërshetoj (braid, entwine, entwist, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, lace, plait, tress, twist, wreathe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فتل (curl, kink, lay, rope, torque, torsion, twiddle, twist), ‏لف (coil, cover, curl, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap, fold up, furl, infold, lap, reel, roll up, rolling, spool, surround, swaddle, swathe, twist, whirl, wind, winding, wrap, wrap up), ‏تمعج (meander, sinuosity, wriggle, writhe), ‏تعرج (meander, pucker, sinuosity, tortuosity), ‏خيط قنبي, ‏جدلة, ‏جدل (braid, braiding, cue, entwine, intertwine, interweaving, mat, plait, plaiting, twining, twist, wreathe, writhe), ‏إلتف (double, gyrate, wind, wrap), ‏شىء مجدول. (various references)

Bulgarian 

обвивам се, извивка (bend, convolution, crook, curve, flection, flexion, fold, incurvation, indentation, kink, return, sinuosity, sweep, tortuousity, twist, wave, wind, winding), извитост, плета (braid, knit, spin), преплитам (entwine, inosculate, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, inweave, lock, weave), заплетеност (intricacy, involution, involvement, sinuosity, tortuousity), извивам (bend, convolve, curl, curve, elbow, incurve, pull round, recurve, screw, turn, twist, wreathe, wring, writhe), обвивам (encase, entwine, envelop, fold, jacket, mantle, pack, veil, wind), усукване (doubling, quirk, salvo, torsion), омотавам (enlace, snarl, wind), вия (chide, howl, twist, ululate, wail, waul, whine, wreathe, yowl), връв (cord, lacing, packthread, string), канап (cord, packthread, string), сплитам (braid, intertwine, knit together, lace, mat, plait, tangle, twist, wreathe), увивам (cockle, coddle, enfold, enlace, enwrap, muffle, pack, wind, wrap, wrap up), забърканост (complication, involvement). (various references)

Chinese 

麻线, 合股線 . (various references)

Czech

toèit (shoot, spill, spin, swing, turn, twiddle, twirl, twist, whirl, wind), soukat (twist), provázek (cord, string, twist, whipcord, whip-cord), motouz (cord, string). (various references)

Danish

sejlgarn (string), bindetraad (binding wire, string), bindegarn (baling wire, packing cord, packing rope, wire). (various references)

Dutch

vlechten (braid, plait, wreathe). (various references)

Esperanto

plekti (braid, plait, wreathe). (various references)

Faeroese

snúðra (braid, contort, plait, twist, wreathe), flætta (braid, plait, wreathe), binda (bind, braid, bridle, check, connect, join, knit, plait, restrain, tie, tie up, wreathe). (various references)

Farsi 

پیچ (Bolt, Buckle, Curve, Knee, Loop, Meander, Ramp, Rick, Screw, Twist, Vis, Vortex, Whorl), نخ قند, ریسمان چندلا, دربرگرفتن (Embrace, Encompass, Snuggle), بهم بافتن . (various references)

Finnish

sidenaru, purjelanka, punoutua (get twisted), punos (cord, twist), punoa (interlace, intertwine, twist), pakettinaru (packing cord, packing rope), nyöri (cord, string), nuora (cord, line, string), kietoa (involve, wind, wrap up), kalalanka, kääriä (fold up, roll, roll up, wind, wind up, wrap). (various references)

French

tresser, natter, tisser (twill), ficelle. (various references)

German

zwirnen (throw, to twine), winden (bind, braid, contort, plait, spiral, squirm, twist, winch, winches, wind, windlasses, wreathe, wrench, wrest, wriggle), schlingen (bolt one's food, braid, brandish, fling, gobble, gulp, loop, loops, noose, nooses, plait, swallow, sway, swing, tie, wave, wave about, wrap, wreathe), Faden (filament, hair line, leitmotif, strand, string, suture, thread), Bindfaden (packthread, string). (various references)

Greek 

σύρμα σύνδεσης (binding wire, string), σύρμα για συνδέσεις (binding wire, string), σπάγκος (string), σπάγγοσ (cord, line, string), σπάγγος συσκευασίας (packing cord, packing rope), συστρέφω (contort, intertwist, twirl, wring), συστρέφομαι (squirm, writhe), συστροφή (contortion, torsion, twirl, twist, wring), σχοινί συσκευασίας (packing cord, packing rope), νήμα εστριμμένο (twist), τυλίσσω (bundle, enfold, enwrap, reel, roll, wrap), τυλίσσομαι (roll). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשזור (entwine, interlace, intertwine, spin, twist, weave, wreathe), לשר�' (interlace, interweave), לפתול (interweave, twist), פתיל (cord, string, thread), חוט שזור. (various references)

Hungarian

zsineg (cord, line, packthread, string, tie), zsinór (braid, cord, cordon, flex, funiculus, gimp, lace, line, string), spárga (asparagus, chinese splits, forward split, forward splits, sparrow grass, sparrow-grass), madzag (string), fonadék (rope, sennit), összecsavar (convolve, interwind, to roll up, to screw up, to scroll). (various references)

Indonesian

menjalin (wreathe), benang (string, thread, yarn). (various references)

Italian

spago (cord, string). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

絡める (to entwine, to twine around), 絡み付く (to coil around, to twine oneself around), 搦める (to entwine, to twine around), 巻き付く (to twine around). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まきつく (to twine around), からめる (to entwine, to twine around), からみつく (to coil around, to twine oneself around). (various references)

Manx

snaie cast, lhoobey (arching, bend, bow, coil, coiling, curl up, curve, double over, flex, hunch, incurvate, inflect, inflexion, loop, looping, sag, squirm, stoop, stooping, winding, wriggle, writhe), carral (twirl, twist, warp). (various references)

Papiamen

vlèktu (braid, plait, wreathe), vlèkt (braid, plait, wreathe), flèktu (braid, plait, wreathe). (various references)

Pig Latin

inetway.(various references)

Portuguese

cordel (cord). (various references)

Romanian

sfoarã (cord, line, packthread, string, twist), se încolãci (coil, curl up, entwine, twirl, twist, wind, wreathe), rãsuci o aţã, şnur (braid, chenille, cord, cordon, in apple-pie order, lanyard, line, string, twist), înfãşura (braid, coil, convolve, enfold, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, furl, lap, muffle, pack, parcel, roll, swathe, wind, wrap), împletiturã (knit, knitting, netting), împleti (braid, criss cross, entwine, entwist, interlace, intertwine, interweave, knit, mat, mesh, plait, plash, weave, work, wreathe). (various references)

Russian 

скручивать (curl up, twisting, wring), свить (twist), свивать (swaddle, twist, wreathe), сплетать (entwine, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, inweave, pleach, twist, weave, wreathe), шнур (cord, lacing, line, packthread, tripwire, twist), шпагат (packthread), виться (buzz about, climb, curl, frizz up, ramp, wave), вить (twist), обвивать шпагат, бечевка (packthread, string, whipcord), плести (weave). (various references)

Scottish

toinn (spin, twist), snìomh (a ringlet, a twist, spin, spin; wind as yarn, spinning, twining, twisting), sgéinnidh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

viti (flutter, wind), upresti (twist), uplesti (enmesh, entwine, involve, splice, twist, weave into, work in, wreathe), uže (cable, rope, strop, tack, trace), kanap (packthread, rope, string), jak konac. (various references)

Spanish

bramante (cobbler's thread). (various references)

Sranan

frekti (braid, plait, wreathe). (various references)

Swedish

bindgarn (packing cord, packing rope), tvinna (throw, twist), fläta (braid, plait, rope, tail, twist, wreathe). (various references)

Turkish

sicim (cord, ficelle, rope, string), sarmak (bandage, begird, beset, bind, bundle, cincture, clothe, coat, cocoon, coil, coil up, compass, do up, embrace, encircle, enclasp, encompass, enfold, enlace, entwine, entwist, envelop, enwrap, fold, fold up, furl, gird, hem about, hem around, hem in, infold, intwine, invest, involve, lap, overgrow, pack, reel, reel up, robe, roll, roll up, sheet, smother in, stalk, strap, surround, swaddle, swathe, tuck in, tuck up, twist, whirl, wind, wind up, wrap, wrap up), sarma (envelopment, infestation, involvement, packing, stuffed dish, winding, wrapping), sarılmak (arm, be wrapped, canoodle, clasp, clasp smb. in one's arms, cling, clip, coil, coil up, cuddle, give a hug, give smb. a hug, hold on, hug, snuggle, wind), sarılma (clasp, convolution, cuddle, cuddling, embrace, grapple, hug, hugging), kıvrım (bend, convolution, crease, Crimp, curve, flection, flexion, fold, frizz, hook, meander, plait, plat, sinuosity, sweep, twirl, twist, undulation, volute), bulaştırmak (bedabble, bedaub, besmear, blur, communicate, contaminate, corrupt, daub, dirty, drag, embroil, entangle, imbrue, implicate, infect, involve, inweave, propagate, slush, smear, smudge, splodge, splotch, spread, taint, transmit), bükmek (bend, buckle, contort, crook, curl, curl up, curve, distort, double, entwine, entwist, flex, fold, fold down, hook, inflect, intwine, spring, strand, throw, twist, wind up, wrench, wrest, wring), bükülmek (bend, crook, curl up, curve, fold, spring, twist, wind), örmek (bond, braid, build, entwist, hand-knit, knit, plait, spin, weave). (various references)

Ukrainian

сукати (strand), сплетення (contexture, interlacement, plexus, splicer, tracery), шнурок (braid, knot, lace, pull, shoelace, twist), витка стеблина, вити (bellow, chide, howl, yawl, yowl), обвиватися (coil), обвивати (chain, circumflex, enlace, entwine, wind, wreathe), оперізувати (engird, engirdle), мотузка (cord, packthread, tie), звиватися (meander, serpentine, wander, wangle, wiggle, wriggle, wring). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sợi xe (slub), sự quấn lại với nhau, khúc cuộn, dây bện sự bện. (various references)

Welsh

llinyn (line, string), dirwyn (twist, wind), cyfrodeddu (twist), cordeddu (twist). (various references)

zar. (various references)

concero, plectantur, plectas, plectendum, plectentes, plectere. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "twine": twined, twiner, twiners, twines. (additional references)

Words ending with "twine": entwine, intertwine, intwine, untwine. (additional references)

Words containing "twine": entwined, entwines, intertwined, intertwinement, intertwinements, intertwines, intwined, intwines, untwined, untwines. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Twine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atween, awine, gwine, Gwyne, Ntiwane, taine, taino, tinne, tinoe, tsien, tsin, twae, twainer, twane, tweener, twen, Tweney, Twente, twhin, twibe, twide, twie, twier, twige, Twiname, twinax, twince, twind, twinen, twiney, twing, Twinix, twinke, twinn, twinq, twiny, twise, Twizel, twizn, twun, Twyne. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: newt, nite, tine, twin, went, wine, wite.

-2 letters: net, new, nit, ten, tew, tie, tin, wen, wet, win, wit.

-3 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, ti, we.

+1 letter: tewing, townie, twined, twiner, twines, twinge, whiten, winter, wintle, wisent, witney.

+2 letters: entwine, entwist, indwelt, inswept, intwine, stewing, tawnier, tawnies, tinware, towline, townies, twiggen, twiners, twinged, twinges, twinier, twinjet, twinkle, twinned, twinset, untwine, unwhite, vawntie, waniest, weeting, welting, westing, wetting, whitens, winglet, winiest, winters, wintery, wintled, wintles, wisents, witness, witneys, writhen, written.