Dictionary Entry
twine
twine is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A twist; a convolution. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A twist; a convolution.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
The act of twining or winding round.
- 4noun
To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
- 5noun
To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
- 6noun
To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- 7noun
To change the direction of.
- 8noun
To mingle; to mix.
- 9intransitive verb
To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
- 10intransitive verb
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- 11intransitive verb
To turn round; to revolve.
- 12intransitive verb
To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.
- 13noun
a lightweight cord
Synonyms
- 14verb
form into a spiral shape
"The cord is all twisted"
- 15verb
spin,wind, or twist together
"intertwine the ribbons"
"Twine the threads into a rope"
- 16verb
make by twisting together or intertwining
"twine a rope"
- 17verb
arrange or or coil around
"roll your hair around your finger"
"Twine the thread around the spool"
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