twine

CEFRB2

/twaɪn/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    Strong thread made by twisting several strands together.

  2. 02

    verb

    To twist or wind around something.

Examples

  • Tom attached some twine to the kite.

  • Tom tied his tomato plants to stakes with twine.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. The act of twining or winding round.

  3. A twist; a convolution.

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In context

  • 1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music. The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine …

  • Many plants twine.

  • Not Typhon huge ending in ſnaky twine:

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Origin

noun

From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).