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Twin
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- 1 Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair. not-comparable
"twin beds, twin socks"
- 2 Forming a pair of twins. not-comparable
"the twin boys"
- 1 being two identical wordnet
- 1 A town in Marion County, Alabama.
- 1 Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- 2 A player who plays for the Minnesota Twins.
- 3 a duplicate copy wordnet
- 4 Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- 5 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini wordnet
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- 6 A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- 7 either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy wordnet
- 8 A two-engine aircraft.
- 9 A twin crystal.
- 10 A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress. US
- 11 A friendly term of address, typically for men. slang
- 1 To separate, divide. transitive
- 2 give birth to twins wordnet
- 3 To split, part; to go away, depart. intransitive
- 4 grow as twins wordnet
- 5 To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with. passive, usually
"Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland."
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- 6 bring two objects, ideas, or people together wordnet
- 7 To give birth to twins. intransitive
"“I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”"
- 8 duplicate or match wordnet
- 9 To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way. transitive
"The invert child and her innocent child are together lost children, twinning each other despite their distinctions."
- 10 To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited. intransitive
"“I see you got us twinning today.” Byrd kissed Lay quickly. “I wanted you to dress like me today,” he admitted."
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twinahz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish tvilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twinahz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish tvilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).
From Middle English *twin, *twyn, from Old English twin, twinn (“twin; double”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twīhnaz (“occurring in a pair; twofold; double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Icelandic tvennur (“double”), Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai, “two each”).
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