|  twine 
  
 
 twine  [twine twines twined twining] noun, verb BrE [twaɪn]  NAmE [twaɪn]
 noun uncountable
 strong string that has two or more  ↑strands  (= single thin pieces of thread or string) twisted together
 
 Word Origin:
 Old English twīn ‘thread, linen’, from the  Germanic  base of  twi- ‘two’; related to  Dutch twijn.
 
 verb intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) around/round/through/in sth
 to wind or twist around sth; to make sth do this
 •ivy twining around a tree trunk
 •She twined her arms around my neck.
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 Word Origin:
 Old English twīn ‘thread, linen’, from the  Germanic  base of  twi- ‘two’; related to  Dutch twijn.
 
 
 
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