twine

«twine» in Mova's school dictionary: to wind or wrap something around something else, or to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (twine, twines, twined, twining); noun (a twine)

meaning for a pupil

1) To twine is to wind or wrap something around something else, or to coil round and round. tree →

2) (noun) Twine is thin, strong string used for tying parcels. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a rope or snake winds round a person or thing; in the lessons, a plant or snake that twines round a post; in everyday life, string for tying up a parcel

examples

• Twine the rope around his neck. tree →
• Ivy twines up the old garden wall. tree →
• Snakes twined in her hair. tree →
• Tie the parcel with a piece of twine. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
• And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
• And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «twine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.