Crossword clues for twined
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
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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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To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine.
--Pope. To change the direction of. [Obs.]
--Fairfax.To mingle; to mix. [Obs.]
--Crashaw.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: twine)
WordNet
adj. wound or wrapped around something; "hair twined around her fingers"; "bulky with twisted stitches around the edges" [syn: twisted]
Usage examples of "twined".
Perhaps it is simply that we have not twined for a long time, Torlyri thought.
Torlyri and Koshmar twined rarely now, and when they did it was a strained, unrewarding thing.
As it happened, they had twined that evening, for the first time in many weeks.
They twined often, far more often than they had for years, and at each twining Torlyri could feel Koshmar pouring strength, warmth, love into her soul.
When he twined at all, it was usually with Weiawala, though without strong enthusiasm.
For we twined not that long ago, and I have already seen what she feels for the Helmet Man, and she knows that I have seen it.
They had been coupling-partners for some months now and even had twined once or twice.
Sickly stems of paradox ivy twined about the feet of a collapsed bridge.
The table was laden with a motley array of silver dishes and golden bowlsand cups, each one hollowed from a single burning crystal, and chalices twined with gold-leafed grapevines whose fruits were emeralds.
Fluted water-leaves like thin, green ribbons twined in that glossy tail and in the mane.
Half a mile away on the rocky wall to the left hung a silver ribbon twined with streamers of mist.
Streamers of vapor curled slowly over the lake and twined through the black tree-stems.
A rutted lane ran toward it, between hawthorn hedges twined with dog-roses.
In its glossiness, fluted water-leaves were twined like thin green ribbons.
A phantasmal mist rose out of the trees and twined about them, shutting out the world.