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.
Definitions
- noun. A twist; a convolution.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The act of twining or winding round.
- noun. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
- noun. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
- noun. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- noun. To change the direction of.
- noun. To mingle; to mix.
- intransitive verb. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
- intransitive verb. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- intransitive verb. To turn round; to revolve.
- intransitive verb. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.
- noun. a lightweight cord
- verb. form into a spiral shape
"The cord is all twisted"
- verb. spin,wind, or twist together
"intertwine the ribbons"
"Twine the threads into a rope"
- verb. make by twisting together or intertwining
"twine a rope"
- verb. arrange or or coil around
"roll your hair around your finger"
"Twine the thread around the spool"
Synonyms
string, distort, twist, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, roll, wind, wrap
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in twine:
Common word forms
twined, twiner, twines, twining, twineable, twineless
Words from these letters
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