Definitions for twine

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Spelling: [twahyn]

IPA: /twaɪn/

Twine is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in twine (eintw).

Definitions for twine

noun

1. a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
2. an act of twining, twisting, or interweaving.
3. a coiled or twisted object or part; convolution.
4. a twist or turn in anything.
5. a knot or tangle.

verb (used with object)

1. to twist together; interwind; interweave.
2. to form by or as by twisting together:
3. to twist (one strand, thread, or the like) with another; interlace.
4. to insert with a twisting or winding motion (usually followed by in or into):
5. to clasp or enfold (something) around something else; place by or as if by winding (usually followed by about, around, etc.):
6. to cause (a person, object, etc.) to be encircled with something else; wreathe; wrap:

verb (used without object)

1. to wind about something; twist itself in spirals (usually followed by about, around, etc.):
2. to wind in a sinuous or meandering course.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to separate; part.

Origin of twine

before 900; Middle English twine (noun), twinen (v.), Old English twīn (noun) literally, a double or twisted thread; cognate with Dutch twijn; akin to German Zwirn, Old Norse tvinni thread, t

Examples for twine

Mrs. Vercoe included cheese and bacon, rope and twine, and baskets.

What with pins and twine and trusting to chance, they will get along.

twine dispenser:  This is sort of a medium-advanced chef gift.

This done, he made a slipnoose on one end of a piece of twine.

Round your knees, my father, I twine this body, which my mother bare you.

Some vie to set slips and twine them, which sometimes, but seldome thriue all.

She had a small cardboard sign of her own hanging by some twine from her neck.

Roll the veal round it, and sew it or tie it securely with twine.

His fingers were in that hairy throat, where they had itched to twine.

Attaching food with skewers, toothpicks, fishing line, and twine.