Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to twine
Participle: twined
Gerund: twining
Indicative
Present
| I | twine |
| you | twine |
| he;she;it | twines |
| we | twine |
| you | twine |
| they | twine |
Perfect
| I | have twined |
| you | have twined |
| he;she;it | has twined |
| we | have twined |
| you | have twined |
| they | have twined |
Past
| I | twined |
| you | twined |
| he;she;it | twined |
| we | twined |
| you | twined |
| they | twined |
Pluperfect
| I | had twined |
| you | had twined |
| he;she;it | had twined |
| we | had twined |
| you | had twined |
| they | had twined |
Future
| I | will twine |
| you | will twine |
| he;she;it | will twine |
| we | will twine |
| you | will twine |
| they | will twine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have twined |
| you | will have twined |
| he;she;it | will have twined |
| we | will have twined |
| you | will have twined |
| they | will have twined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | twine |
| you | twine |
| he;she;it | twine |
| we | twine |
| you | twine |
| they | twine |
Perfect
| I | have twined |
| you | have twined |
| he;she;it | have twined |
| we | have twined |
| you | have twined |
| they | have twined |
Imperfect
| I | twined |
| you | twined |
| he;she;it | twined |
| we | twined |
| you | twined |
| they | twined |
Pluperfect
| I | had twined |
| you | had twined |
| he;she;it | had twined |
| we | had twined |
| you | had twined |
| they | had twined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would twine |
| you | would twine |
| he;she;it | would twine |
| we | would twine |
| you | would twine |
| they | would twine |
Perfect
| I | would have twined |
| you | would have twined |
| he;she;it | would have twined |
| we | would have twined |
| you | would have twined |
| they | would have twined |
Imperative
| you | twine |
| we | Let's twine |
| you | twine |
Verbs conjugated like 'twine'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'twine'
dwine,
tine,
trine,
twin,
twinge,
twink,
twire,
wine,
aline,
atwind,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
twin "double thread," from P.Gmc.
*twizna- (cf. Du.
twijn, Low Ger.
twern, Ger.
zwirn "twine, thread"), from the same root as twin (q.v.). The verb meaning "to twist strands together to form twine" is recorded from c.1275; sense of "to twist around something" (as twine does) is recorded from c.1300.
2. From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *twīnian (“to twine, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznōną (“to thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Dutch twijnen (“to twine, contort, throw”), Danish tvinde (“to twist”), Swedish tvinna (“to twist, twine, throw”), Icelandic tvinna (“to merge, twine”). See: Dutch '
twijnen', Danish '
tvinde', Swedish '
tvinna', Icelandic '
tvinna'.
Verbs referencing "twine"
Icelandic
tvinna, Swedish
tvinna.
Sample Sentences
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[...] possible; and that to have had it one inch larger, would have been quite a disagreeable and deplorable state of things. And with this; and with showing how,—by very nearly closing the door, and twining in and out like serpents, and by counting the little washing slab as standing-room,—we could manage to insinuate four people into it, all at one time; and entreating each other to observe how very [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to imitate them, laughing most heartily when he succeeded. Laura was by, interested even to agitation; and the two presented a singular sight: her face was flushed and anxious, and her fingers twining in among ours so closely as to follow every motion, but so slightly as not to embarrass them; while Oliver stood attentive, his head a little aside, his face turned up, his left hand grasping mine, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of the singing tea-kettle; saw Ruth tripping backward and forward, with plates of cake and saucers of preserves, and ever and anon stopping to put a cake into Harry's hand, or pat his head, or twine his long curls round her snowy fingers. She saw the ample, motherly form of Rachel, as she ever and anon came to the bedside, and smoothed and arranged something about the bedclothes, and gave a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] An enormous ditch, sometimes two or three miles wide, running liquid mud, six miles an hour: its strong and frothy current choked and obstructed everywhere by huge logs and whole forest trees: now twining themselves together in great rafts, from the interstices of which a sedgy, lazy foam works up, to float upon the water 's top; now rolling past like monstrous bodies, their tangled roots showing [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] water; what faces, faded from the earth, looked out upon me from its gleaming depths; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angels ’ tears, the drops of many hues, that showered around, and twined themselves about the gorgeous arches which the changing rainbows made !
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] his lips, and stood gloomily eying the long, beautiful curls, which, as they were separated from the child's head, were laid, one by one, in her lap. She raised them up, looked earnestly at them, twined them around her thin fingers, and looked from time to time, anxiously at her father.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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There dropped out of it a silver dollar, and a long, shining curl of fair hair,—hair which, like a living thing, twined itself round Legree's fingers.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] next Legree heard of his mother was, when, one night, as he was carousing among drunken companions, a letter was put into his hand. He opened it, and a lock of long, curling hair fell from it, and twined about his fingers. The letter told him his mother was dead, and that, dying, she blest and forgave him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] veiled form stood beside him, and laid a cold, soft hand upon him. He thought he knew who it was; and shuddered, with creeping horror, though the face was veiled. Then he thought he felt _that hair_ twining round his fingers; and then, that it slid smoothly round his neck, and tightened and tightened, and he could not draw his breath; and then he thought voices _whispered_ to him,—whispers that chilled [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)