| VERB | contact | twine, intertwine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace | spin,wind, or twist together |
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| contact | twine, wind, wrap, roll | arrange or or coil around | |
| contact | twine | make by twisting together or intertwining | |
| contact | twine, twist, distort | form into a spiral shape | |
| NOUN | artifact | twine, string | a lightweight cord |
| Sounds | tway'n | |
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| Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... | |
| Meaning | A lightweight cord. | |
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| Synonym | string | |
| Narrower | chalk line, snap line, snapline | A chalked string used in the building trades / trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
| packthread | A strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages | |
| Broader | cord | A line made of twisted fibers or threads |
| Spanish | bramante, cordel, cordón, cuerda, guita, hilo, mecate | |
| Catalan | cordell | |
| Verbs | twine | spin,wind, or twist together |
| Meaning | spin,wind, or twist together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | intertwine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace | |
| Narrower | pleach, plash | Interlace the shoots of |
| ravel, tangle, knot | tangle or complicate | |
| splice | join by interweaving strands | |
| wattle | Interlace to form wattle | |
| wreathe, wind | form into a wreath | |
| Broader | twist, twine, distort | form into a spiral shape |
| Opposite | untwine | undo what has been twined together |
| Similar to | twine | make by twisting together or intertwining |
| Spanish | enlazar, entrelazar, entretejer | |
| Catalan | concatenar, enllaçar, entrellaçar-se, entrellaçar, entreteixir | |
| Nouns | twine | a lightweight cord |
| twiner | someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing | |
| Meaning | Arrange or or coil around. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Twine the thread around the spool" | |
| Synonyms | wind, wrap, roll | |
| Narrower | ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling |
| clue, clew | Roll into a ball | |
| coil, loop, curl | wind around something in coils or loops | |
| reel | wind onto or off a reel | |
| spool | wind onto a spool or a reel | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Opposite | unwind, wind off, unroll | reverse the winding or twisting of |
| Spanish | arrollar, enrollar, envolver, girar, la guita | |
| Catalan | circumdar, embolicar, encerclar, enrotllar, envoltar, girar, voltar | |
| Meaning | make by twisting together or intertwining. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "twine a rope" | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Similar to | intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace | spin,wind, or twist together |
| Spanish | enrollarse, enroscarse, la guita | |
| Nouns | twiner | someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing |
| Meaning | form into a spiral shape. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | twist, distort | |
| Narrower | contort, deform, distort, wring | Twist and press out of shape |
| entangle, tangle, mat, snarl | Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | |
| intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace | spin,wind, or twist together | |
| spin | Work natural fibers into a thread | |
| weave, interweave | Interlace by or as if by weaving | |
| wring, wrench | Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Opposite | untwist | Cause to become untwisted |
| Catalan | cargolar, enroscar | |
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