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Definitions for Twining

[1] Nathan Farragut, 1897–1982, U.S. Air Force general: chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1957–60.
[2] a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
[3] an act of twining, twisting, or interweaving.
[4] a coiled or twisted object or part; convolution.
[5] a twist or turn in anything.
[6] a knot or tangle.
[7] to twist together; interwind; interweave.
[8] to form by or as by twisting together: to twine a wreath.
[9] to twist (one strand, thread, or the like) with another; interlace.
[10] to insert with a twisting or winding motion (usually followed by in or into ): He twined his fingers in his hair.
[11] to clasp or enfold (something) around something else; place by or as if by winding (usually followed by about, around, etc.): She twined her arms about the sculpture and carried it away.
[12] to cause (a person, object, etc.) to be encircled with something else; wreathe; wrap: They twined the arch with flowers.
[13] to wind about something; twist itself in spirals (usually followed by about, around, etc.): Strangling vines twined about the tree.
[14] to wind in a sinuous or meandering course.
[15] to separate; part.
[16] string made by twisting together fibres of hemp, cotton, etc
[17] the act or an instance of twining
[18] something produced or characterized by twining
[19] a twist, coil, or convolution
[20] a knot, tangle, or snarl
[21] (tr) to twist together; interweave she twined the wicker to make a basket
[22] (tr) to form by or as if by twining to twine a garland
[23] (when intr, often foll by around ) to wind or cause to wind, esp in spirals the creeper twines around the tree

Words related to Twining

yarn, braid, string, thread, twist, snarl, knot, whorl, coil, tangle, convolution, cordage, enmesh, bend, wrap, curl, interweave, undulate, spiral, interlace

Origin of Twining

e21175–1225; late Middle English twinen, variant of earlier twinnen, derivative of twin twin1

Words that may be confused with Twining

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, twinetwain, twin, twine

Other words from Twining

twine·a·ble , adjective
twin·er , noun

Word origin for Twining

eOld English twīn ; related to Old Frisian twīne , Dutch twijn twine, Lithuanian dvynu twins; see twin

Synonyms for Twining

yarn, braid, coil, convolution, cordage, knot, snarl, string, tangle, thread, twist, whorl