twines
Because it is a word with a single syllable, twines is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftwines
- (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
- (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
Example: "Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war."
- To be paired or suited.
- To give birth to twins.
- To be born at the same birth.
- A twist; a convolution.
- 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.
- The act of twining or winding round.
- Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
- To weave together.
- To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
- To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
- To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
Example: "Many plants twine."
- To turn round; to revolve.
- To change the direction of.
- To mingle; to mix.
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