Noun
a lightweight cord

Verb
form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

Verb
spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"

Verb
make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"

Verb
wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

Verb
coil around; "Wisteria twining the fence posts"

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n.
A twist; a convolution.

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.

n.
The act of twining or winding round.

n.
To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.

n.
To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

n.
To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

n.
To change the direction of.

n.
To mingle; to mix.

v. i.
To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.

v. i.
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.

v. i.
To turn round; to revolve.

v. i.
To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.

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Twine

Twine , n. [AS. twin, properly, a twisted or double thread; akin to D. twijn, Icel. twinni; from twi-. See Twice, and cf. Twin.] 1. A twist; a convolution.

Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine.

2. 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. 3. The act of twining or winding round. J. Philips. Twine reeler, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind of mule, or spinning machine.

Twine

Twine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Twining.] [OE. twinen, fr. AS. tw&imac;n a twisted thread; akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde. See Twine, n.] 1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen. 2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

Let me twine Mine arms about that body.

3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine.

4. To change the direction of. [Obs.] Fairfax. 5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] Crashaw.

Twine

Twine, v. i. 1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved. 2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.

As rivers, though they bend and twine, Still to the sea their course incline.

3. To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] Chapman. 4. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.

A twist; a convolution.

To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.

To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.