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(transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. / (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.

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twin

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Source Word

twin

IPA(Pronunciation)

/twɪn/

transitive intransitive passive usually

(transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. / (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞、スコットランド外では古語）分ける、割る、隔てる。 / （自動詞、スコットランド外では古語）裂ける、分かれる、分かれて出発する。

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By ancient custom the clansmen twin the cattle, sending half to the upland pastures and half to the lowlands.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い習慣に従って、一族の人々は牛を分け、半分を高地の放牧地へ、半分を低地へと送る。

Sense（1）

(transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.

Sense（2）

(intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.

Sense（3）

Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.

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Sense（4）

(intransitive) To give birth to twins.

“I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”

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Sense（5）

(transitive) To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.

The invert child and her innocent child are together lost children, twinning each other despite their distinctions.

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Sense（6）

twins

（ present singular third-person ）

twinning

（ participle present ）

twinned

（ participle past ）

twinned

（ past ）

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