Twine

twine
    n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: {string}, {twine}]
    v 1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
         "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn:
         {intertwine}, {twine}, {entwine}, {enlace}, {interlace},
         {lace}] [ant: {untwine}]
    2: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your
       finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped
       her arms around the child" [syn: {wind}, {wrap}, {roll},
       {twine}] [ant: {unroll}, {unwind}, {wind off}]
    3: make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"
    4: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn:
       {twist}, {twine}, {distort}] [ant: {untwist}]
    

Twine \Twine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Twining}.] [OE. twinen, fr. AS. tw[imac]n a twisted thread;
   akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde.
   See {Twine}, n.]
   1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of
      threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
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   2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible
      substance around another body.
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            Let me twine
            Mine arms about that body.            --Shak.
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   3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
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            Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. --Pope.
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   4. To change the direction of. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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   5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] --Crashaw.
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Twine \Twine\ (tw[imac]n), n. [AS. tw[imac]n, properly, a
   twisted or double thread; akin to D. twijn, Icel. tvinni;
   from twi-. See {Twice}, and cf. {Twin}.]
   1. A twist; a convolution.
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            Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine.   --Milton.
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   2. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads
      or strands twisted together, and used for various
      purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and
      the like; a small cord or string.
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   3. The act of twining or winding round. --J. Philips.
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   {Twine reeler}, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind
      of mule, or spinning machine.
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Twine \Twine\, v. i.
   1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
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   2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
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            As rivers, though they bend and twine,
            Still to the sea their course incline. --Swift.
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   3. To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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   4. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb
      spirally; as, many plants twine.
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85 Moby Thesaurus words for "twine":
      band, begird, belt, belt in, braid, brail, cable, cincture, circle,
      coil, contort, cord, corkscrew, crinkle, curl, encincture,
      encircle, engird, enlace, enmesh, ensphere, entangle, entwine,
      gird, girdle, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue,
      intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, ligament,
      ligation, ligature, line, loom, loop, mat, meander, net, noose,
      plait, pleach, raddle, ring, rope, scallop, screw, serpentine,
      slink, snake, spiral, splice, spun yarn, string, swirl, tangle,
      tendon, thong, tissue, turn, twill, twine around, twirl, twist,
      twist and turn, undulate, wattle, weave, web, whirl, whorl, wind,
      wire, worm, wrap, wreathe, wreathe around, wring, yarn, zone