Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twining

/twˈaɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: twin-ing
IPA: /twˈaɪnɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A layout or motion that twines.

Countable

noun

complaining or grumbling

British usage; Uncountable

adj

That twines.

verb

present participle and gerund of twine

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In addition to autonomous movements in one plane we have also autonomous movements in space, such as torsions and twinings."
"Canon Bryan Rowe, quoted in the article. It's going to take months to put right. But you won't hear any twining [Cumbrian dialect for moaning]. Nobody is going: 'Woe is us'. Everybody is just trying to help somebody else."
"White breast of the dim sea. The twining stresses, two by two. A hand plucking the harpstrings, merging their twining chords."

Usage

Inflected Forms

twinings (plural)

Derived Forms

twiningly

Frequently Paired Words

twinning

Rhymes With

mining signing dining shining defining combining designing lining declining whining refining assigning

Questions

How do you pronounce twining?: The recorded pronunciation is /twˈaɪnɪŋ/.
What does twining mean?: A layout or motion that twines.

How to pronounce twining

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