'Twin' definitions:
Definition of 'twin'
(from WordNet)
adjective
noun
Either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
noun
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini [syn: Gemini, Twin]
noun
A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn: Twin, Twin Falls]
noun
A duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude, twin]
verb
Duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate, parallel]
verb
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: match, mate, couple, pair, twin]
verb
Grow as twins; "twin crystals"
verb
Give birth to twins
Definition of 'Twin'
From: GCIDE
- Twin \Twin\ (tw[i^]n), a. [OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and two, pl., twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG. zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to AS. twi- two. See Twice, Two.]
- 1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
- Twin boat, or Twin ship (Naut.), a vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.
- Twin crystal. See Twin, n., 4.
- Twin flower (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant ({Linnaea borealis}) of northern climates, which has pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk.
- Twin-screw steamer, a steam vessel propelled by two screws, one on either side of the plane of the keel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twin'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Twin'
From: GCIDE
- Twin \Twin\, n.
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. (Astron.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A person or thing that closely resembles another. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The relative position of the parts of a twin may be explained by supposing one part to be revolved 180[deg] about a certain axis (called the twinning axis), this axis being normal to a plane (called the twinning plane) which is usually one of the fundamental planes of the crystal. This revolution brings the two parts into parallel position, or vice versa. A contact twin is one in which the parts are united by a plane surface, called the composition face, which is usually the same as the twinning plane. A penetration twin is one in which the parts interpenetrate each other, often very irregularly. Twins are also called, according to form, cruciform, geniculated, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twin'
From: GCIDE
- Twin \Twin\, v. t.
- 1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Still we moved Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The life out of her body for to twin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twin'
From: GCIDE
- Twin \Twin\, v. i. To depart from a place or thing. [Obs.] "Ere that we farther twin." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'twin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- accompanying,
- actual thing,
- alike,
- all one,
- all the same,
- ally,
- alter ego,
- ambidextrous,
- analogon,
- analogous,
- analogue,
- associate,
- associated,
- attendant,
- attending,
- bifacial,
- bifold,
- biform,
- bifurcated,
- bilateral,
- binary,
- binate,
- biparous,
- bipartisan,
- bipartite,
- bivalent,
- brother,
- carbon copy,
- clone,
- close copy,
- close match,
- coequal,
- cognate,
- coincident,
- collateral,
- combine,
- combined,
- companion,
- comparable,
- compeer,
- complement,
- concomitant,
- concurrent,
- conduplicate,
- congenator,
- congener,
- conjoint,
- connect,
- consubstantial,
- coordinate,
- copy,
- correlate,
- correlative,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- counterpart,
- couple,
- coupled,
- dead ringer,
- dichotomous,
- disomatous,
- ditto,
- Doppelganger,
- double,
- double-faced,
- duadic,
- dual,
- dualistic,
- dupe,
- duple,
- duplex,
- duplicate,
- duplicated,
- dyadic,
- effigy,
- equal,
- equipollent,
- equivalent,
- exact counterpart,
- exact likeness,
- exactly alike,
- facsimile,
- fellow,
- geminate,
- geminated,
- homograph,
- homonym,
- homoousian,
- homophone,
- icon,
- idem,
- identic,
- identical,
- identical same,
- idol,
- image,
- indistinguishable,
- ingeminate,
- Janus-like,
- join,
- joined,
- joint,
- just alike,
- kindred spirit,
- like,
- likeness,
- link,
- living image,
- living picture,
- match,
- matched,
- matching,
- mate,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- multiply by two,
- mutual,
- near duplicate,
- no other,
- none other,
- obverse,
- of a kind,
- of a piece,
- of a size,
- one,
- opposite number,
- pair,
- paired,
- parallel,
- paralleling,
- peer,
- pendant,
- photograph,
- picture,
- portrait,
- reciprocal,
- redouble,
- reduplicate,
- reflection,
- repeat,
- replica,
- replicate,
- reproduce,
- resemblance,
- ringer,
- rival,
- rubbing,
- same,
- second,
- second self,
- secondary,
- selfsame,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- similar,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- simultaneous,
- sister,
- soul mate,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- such,
- suchlike,
- synonym,
- tally,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- the same,
- the same difference,
- trace,
- tracing,
- twain,
- twinned,
- two,
- two-faced,
- two-level,
- two-ply,
- two-sided,
- two-story,
- twofold,
- undifferent,
- very image,
- very picture,
- very same,
- without difference,
- without distinction,
- yoke
Words containing 'Twin'
- Twinned,
- Twinning,
- twins,
- Polysynthetic twinning,
- Repeated twinning,
- Twin Bridges,
- Twin Brooks,
- Twin City,
- Twin Falls,
- Twin Groves,
- Twin Hills,
- Twin Lake,
- Twin Lakes,
- Twin Oaks,
- Twin Rivers,
- Twin Valley,
- Twin boat,
- Twin crystal,
- Twin flower,
- Twin ship,
- Twinning axis,
- Twinning plane,
- conjoined twin,
- dizygotic twin,
- fraternal twin,
- gemini the twins,
- identical twin,
- monozygotic twin,
- monozygous twin,
- siamese twin,
- twin bed,
- twin bill,
- twin cities,
- twin towers,
- Twin Bridges, MO,
- Twin Bridges, MT,
- Twin Brooks, SD,
- Twin City, GA,
- Twin Falls County,
- Twin Falls, ID,
- Twin Groves, AR,
- Twin Hills, AK,
- Twin Lake, MI,
- Twin Lakes, CA,
- Twin Lakes, CO,
- Twin Lakes, FL,
- Twin Lakes, MN,
- Twin Lakes, NM,
- Twin Lakes, WI,
- Twin Oaks, MO,
- Twin Oaks, OK,
- Twin Rivers, NJ,
- Twin Valley, MN,
- twin-bedded,
- twin-prop,
- Twin Falls County, ID,
- Twin-screw steamer,
- twin-aisle airplane,
- twin-propeller-plane