twine

1. 1.

   a lightweight cord

   Synonymsstring

   Broadercord

   Narrowerchalk linepackthread

Other forms of twine

plural

twines·

past tense

twined·

present participle

twining·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twine

What does twine mean?

twine means "spin, wind, or twist together". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twine?

twine has 1 syllable: twine. In IPA it is /ˈtwaɪn/.

What is another word for twine?

Close synonyms include intertwine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of twine?

The recorded antonyms are untwine.

Is twine a common word?

twine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with twine?

2 words rhyme with twine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.