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twinings

twinings is the plural of twining.

Meaning of twining

Noun

twining (countable and uncountable, plural twinings)

  1. (countable) A layout or motion that twines.
    • In addition to autonomous movements in one plane we have also autonomous movements in space, such as torsions and twinings.1907, Ludwig Jost, Robert John Harvey Gibson, Lectures on plant physiology
  2. (Cumbria, UK, regional, uncountable) complaining or grumbling
    • 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.2009 November 23, agency., “Cockermouth starts journey back from flood devastation”, in The Guardian

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Proper noun capitalized: Twinings

Twinings

  1. (plural) plural of Twining

Questions about twinings

What is twinings the plural of?
Twinings is the plural of twining.
What part of speech is twinings?
Twinings is a proper noun.

Words near twinings in the dictionary

  1. twinhulled
  2. twinhulls
  3. twinight
  4. twining
  5. twiningly
  6. twinings
  7. twinism
  8. twinjet
  9. twinjets
  10. twink
  11. twink death

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