[{"word":"twining","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war."},{"definition":"To be paired or suited.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To give birth to twins.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be born at the same birth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To weave together.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Many plants twine."},{"definition":"To turn round; to revolve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To change the direction of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To mingle; to mix.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A layout or motion that twines.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Complaining or grumbling","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twin","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twine","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twining"]}]