Twin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of two offspring born at the same birth.
  • n. One of two identical or similar people, animals, or things; a counterpart.
  • n. Mineralogy Two interwoven crystals that are mirror images of each other.
  • n. A twin-size bed.
  • adj. Being two or one of two offspring born at the same birth: twin sisters.
  • adj. Being two or one of two identical or similar people, animals, or things: twin cities; a twin bed.
  • adj. Botany Of or relating to structures, such as flowers, that occur in pairs.
  • adj. Consisting of two identical or similar parts: a twin lamp fixture.
  • verb-intransitive. To give birth to twins.
  • verb-intransitive. Archaic To be one of twin offspring.
  • verb-intransitive. To be paired or coupled.
  • v. To pair or couple.
  • v. To provide a match or counterpart to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
  • n. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
  • n. A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
  • n. A twin crystal.
  • n. Forming a pair of twins.
  • n. Forming a matched pair.
  • v. To separate, divide.
  • v. To split, part; to go away, depart.
  • v. To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
  • v. To give birth to twins.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Being one of two born at a birth.
  • adj. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing in the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
  • adj. Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
  • adj. Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
  • n. One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.
  • n. A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
  • n. A person or thing that closely resembles another.
  • n. A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
  • verb-intransitive. To bring forth twins.
  • verb-intransitive. To be born at the same birth.
  • v. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
  • v. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
  • verb-intransitive. To depart from a place or thing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n.
  • To cut or form in pairs by cutters or chisels.
  • Two; twain.
  • Consisting of two separate, closely related, and equal members; twofold; double; specifically, consisting of or forming twins or a pair: as, twin children.
  • One, each, or either of two; one of a pair, specifically of two born at a birth: as, a twin brother or sister.
  • In botany, growing in pairs; didymous.
  • Consisting of two chief parts alike, or nearly alike, and held firmly together: as, a twin bottle; a twin vase. The plural is used in the same sense: as, twin vases.
  • In entomology, geminate: applied to spots, punctures, spines, etc., which are close together in pairs, and distant from others.
  • n. Two; twain; a pair; a couple.
  • n. One of two; one of a pair or couple linked together by a particular tie or relation; the mate, counterpart, or fellow of another; specifically, one of two creatures produced at a birth: said of the young both of hitman beings and of beasts.
  • n. A compound crystal one part of which is in a reversed position with reference to the other, as if it had been revolved through 180° about an axis (twinning-axis) perpendicular to a plane which is called the twinning-plane, and is usually a fundamental plane of the given Crystal.
  • To couple; pair; mate; join intimately or link together; said of two united or of one joined to another.
  • Specifically, in mineralogy, to form or unite into a compound or twin crystal by a reversal of the molecular structure according to some definite law.
  • To be coupled or paired; be mated, as one with another; specifically, to be twin-born.
  • To bring forth two at a birth.
  • To be parted in twain; be divided or sundered; come apart.
  • To part; depart; go away.
  • To be separated (from) or deprived (of): as, to twin with one's gear.
  • To part in twain; sever; sunder.
  • To part, as from another person or thing; separate; sunder; especially, to deprive.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. bring two objects, ideas, or people together
  • n. a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
  • n. a duplicate copy
  • adj. being two identical
  • v. give birth to twins
  • v. grow as twins
  • n. either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  • n. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini
  • v. duplicate or match
  • Equivalent
    matched    twin ship   
    Verb Form
    twinned    twinning    twins   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    waterfall    falls    duplicate    duplication    bear    give birth    birth    have    deliver    grow   
    Variant
    twinned    twinning    Gemini   
    Form
    twinned    twinning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    double    part    divide    rob   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allin    Atkin    Begin    Berlin    Boleyn    Bryn    Chin    Finn    Flynn    Gwyn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tiny    golden    gigantic    central    double    miniature    near    fiery