twine

IPA(Pronunciation)

/twaɪn/

Verb

transitive intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To weave together. / (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. / (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

Japanese Meaning

糸などを撚り合わせる、または互いに絡み合わせる。 / 糸や細い物質を、他の物の周りに巻き付ける・絡ませる。 / 複数の要素を互いに絡み合わせ、まとめる。

What is this buttons?

Twine the reeds together to make a basket.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

葦をより合わせてかごを作ってください。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To weave together.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

Let me twine

Mine arms about that body […]

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

“Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine,”

The victor cried, “the glorious prize is mine! […]”

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Sense（4）

(intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.

Usually some old crone was squatted on the earth floor, weaving cedar fibre or tatters of old cloth into a mat, her claw-like fingers twining in and out, in and out, among the strands that were fastened to a crude frame of sticks.

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