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Twine

A twist; a convolution.

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Verb group 10

Enlace 84% connected

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

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Enlace 84% connected

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Entwine 84% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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Entwine 84% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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Interlace 84% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

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Interlace 84% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

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Intertwine 84% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Intertwine 84% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Lace 84% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Lace 84% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

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Manner of action 33

Ball 76% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Clew 76% connected

Alt. of Clue

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Clue 76% connected

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

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Coil 76% connected

To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

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Contort 76% connected

To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

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Curl 76% connected

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Deform 76% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Enlace 76% connected

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

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Entangle 76% connected

To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

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Entwine 76% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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Interlace 76% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

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Intertwine 76% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Interweave 76% connected

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

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Knot 76% connected

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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Lace 76% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

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Loop 76% connected

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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Mat 76% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Plash 76% connected

A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

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Pleach 76% connected

To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

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Ravel 76% connected

To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a s…

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Reel 76% connected

A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

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Snarl 76% connected

To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

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Spin 76% connected

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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Splice 76% connected

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…

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Spool 76% connected

A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.

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Tangle 76% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

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Wattle 76% connected

A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.

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Weave 76% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

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Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Wreathe 76% connected

To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

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Wrench 76% connected

Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

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Wring 76% connected

To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

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Broader term 8

Cord 76% connected

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Deform 76% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Derivationally related 4

Lace 74% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lace 74% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Twiner 74% connected

Any plant which twines about a support.

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Twiner 74% connected

Any plant which twines about a support.

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Synonym 11

Distort 92% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enlace 92% connected

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Entwine 92% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interlace 92% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intertwine 92% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lace 92% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roll 92% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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String 92% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twist 92% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wind 92% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wrap 92% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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