Dictionary entry details
• TWINE (noun)
Meaning:
A lightweight cord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
string; twine
Hypernyms ("twine" is a kind of...):
cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twine"):
chalk line; snap line; snapline (a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface)
packthread (a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages)
• TWINE (verb)
Meaning:
Spin or twist together so as to form a cord
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
twine; lace; intertwine; interlace; enlace; entwine
Context examples:
intertwine the ribbons / Twine the threads into a rope
Hypernyms (to "twine" is one way to...):
distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "twine"):
splice (join by interweaving strands)
knot; ravel; tangle (tangle or complicate)
plash; pleach (interlace the shoots of)
wattle (interlace to form wattle)
fold (intertwine)
wind; wreathe (form into a wreath)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
untwine (undo what has been twined together)
Meaning:
Coil around
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Wisteria twining the fence posts
Hypernyms (to "twine" is one way to...):
circle; encircle; environ; ring; round; surround (be around)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Wrap or coil around
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wrap; twine; wind; roll
Context examples:
roll your hair around your finger / Twine the thread around the spool
Hypernyms (to "twine" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "twine"):
spool (wind onto a spool or a reel)
reel (wind onto or off a reel)
ball (form into a ball by winding or rolling)
clew; clue (roll into a ball)
coil; curl; loop (wind around something in coils or loops)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Make by twisting together or intertwining
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
twine a rope
Hypernyms (to "twine" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Form into a spiral shape
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
distort; twist; twine
Context example:
The cord is all twisted
Hypernyms (to "twine" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "twine"):
interweave; weave (interlace by or as it by weaving)
spin (work natural fibers into a thread)
enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin or twist together so as to form a cord)
entangle; mat; snarl; tangle (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass)
contort; deform; distort; wring (twist and press out of shape)
wrench; wring (twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
