Definitions for twin

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twin twin

Spelling: [twin]

IPA: /twɪn/

Twin is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in twin (intw).

Definitions for twin

noun

1. either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
2. either of two persons or things closely related to or closely resembling each other.
3. twin bed.
4. Also called twin room. a type of hotel accommodation with twin beds, for occupancy by two persons. Compare double (def 13).
5. Also called hemitrope. Crystallography. a compound crystal consisting of two or more parts or crystals definitely oriented each to the other; macle.
6. Twins, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Gemini.

adjective

1. being a twin or twins:
2. being two persons or things closely related to or closely resembling each other.
3. being one of a pair; identical:
4. consisting of two similar parts or elements joined or connected:
5. Botany, Zoology. occurring in pairs; didymous.
6. Crystallography. of the nature of a twin; hemitrope.
7. twofold or double.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring together in close relationship; pair; couple.
2. to furnish a counterpart to or a replica of; match.
3. Informal. to divide or convert into two, parts, similar items, etc.:
4. Informal. to link or combine with:
5. Crystallography. to form into a twin.
6. Obsolete. to give birth to as twins.

verb (used without object)

1. to give birth to twins.
2. to be paired or coupled.

verb (used with or without object)

1. twine2 .

Origin of twin

before 900; Middle English; Old English twinn (adj.), getwinn (noun and adj.); akin to Old Frisian twīne, Old Norse tvinnr double, Gothic twaihnai

Examples for twin

The Chinook vibrated with deeper and deeper groans until its twin engines managed to heave up our dead weight.

They are twin plants of the forest, and are identified with its growth.

There I left her too, for I wanted to see what the twin mice were about.

twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.

The twin entrepreneurs and stars of HGTV's Property Brothers will be taking your questions live on Tuesday, December 16 at 2pm.

Production companies he was working with discovered that he had a twin brother in the renovation industry.

Had not their twin brotherhood drunk life from the same source?

That I had but eyes, to look upon these twin invaders of domestic peace!'

In the end a pair of twin lights were seen perched on the summit.

twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.