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twine

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1. twine - Noun

2. twine - Verb

3. Twine - Proper noun

Meaning

To mingle; to mix.

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.

To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.

To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

To change the direction of.

To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.

To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.

To turn round; to revolve.

To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I have traveled down this path before - 'List of Seven' and 'Twin Peaks' both have thematic similarities - but 'Paladin' took me much deeper into the intuitive underground. Always bearing in mind Joseph Campbell's Rule No. 1: When entering a labyrinth, don't forget your ball of twine. Mark Frost

Painting the sensual with thy hues divine,- Thou turn'st away thy face, while scattering Perchance upon his brow some fading flowers, Of which he strives to twine a funeral crown, Spending his life to weave a wreath of death! Zygmunt Krasiński

I went to bed that night as usual, and slept, according to my wont, quite soundly. I awoke in the gray of the morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to twine themselves in my mind. Julia Ward Howe

I've never had a diamond before, and now I've got a diamond surrounded by other diamonds and diamonds in places where, frankly, you don't need diamonds at all, and I would have been happy with a piece of twine. Summer Phoenix

The cord is all twisted Source: Internet

intertwine the ribbons Source: Internet

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