twine /twaɪn/verb 9noun 4forms 5 verb9 •To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.Let me twine Mine arms about that body […] — 1608 •To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.“Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine,” The victor cried, “the glorious prize is mine! […]” — 1712 •To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.Many plants twine. •To weave together. •To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine. •To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.As rivers, though they bend and twine, Still to the sea their course incline: — 1713 •(no longer used) To turn round; to revolve. •(no longer used) To change the direction of.For where he turned his sword, or twined his steed, He slew, or man and beast on earth down laid, — 1600 •(no longer used) To mingle; to mix.As lumpes of sugar loose themselues, and twine Their subtile essence with the soul of wine. — 1646 noun4 •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.The orioles like to build the framework of twine, and it is marvelous how they will loop this around a twig almost as evenly knotted as if crocheted[…] — 1911 •A twist; a convolution. •The act of twining or winding round.The Colewort's rankness, but with amorous twine / Clasps the tall Elm — 1708 •Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine … — 1965 formstwined · twining · twines · twineth · twinest
