'tween
'tween preposition: apheretic form of between. Also the alternative form of tween.
Preposition
'tween
- Apheretic form of between.
- “Skunks first colonized this land in 1794. With the arrival of European settlers, an uneasy truce was established tween man and skunk. Gifts were exchanged. Treaties were struck... and broken. A feud ignited, resulting in the Battle of Skunktown.”2021 April 18, Christy Stratton & Erin Wagoner, “Hoot 'N Haw” (1:33 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 18, spoken by Denise (Kristen Wiig)
Also used as
'tween is also the alternative form of tween.
Forms of 'tween
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | 'tweens |
| present participle | 'tweening |
| past participle | 'tweened |
| past | 'tweened |
| Noun | |
| plural | 'tweens |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more 'tween |
| superlative | most 'tween |
Words formed from 'tween
Phrases with 'tween
Words that rhyme with 'tween
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about 'tween
- What does 'tween mean?
- 'tween means apheretic form of between.
- What part of speech is 'tween?
- 'tween is a preposition.
Words near 'tween in the dictionary
Source and license
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