1. twining - Noun
2. twining - Adjective
3. twining - Verb
5. Twining - Proper noun
of Twine
Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThat is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support. Alexander Maclaren
I spoke it soft, but close enough to brush against her lips. I spoke it quiet, but near enough so that the sound of it went twining through her hair. I spoke it hard and firm and dark and sweet. Patrick Rothfuss
Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it. A. E. Waite
When on the ground red apples lie there in piles like jewels shining And redder still on old stone walls Are leaves of woodbines twining. Helen Hunt Jackson
A good wife is like the ivy which beautifies the building to which it clings, twining its tendrils more lovingly as time converts the ancient edifice into a ruin. Samuel Johnson
Etymology The origin of the name norn is uncertain, it may derive from a word meaning "to twine" and which would refer to their twining the thread of fate. Source: Internet