twinned
/twɪnd/
twinned is the simple past and past participle of twin.
Adjective
twinned (not comparable)
- Produced at, or as if at, a single birth
- Twinn'd brothers of one wombc. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- united.
Meaning of twin
Verb
twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)
- To separate, divide.
- To split, part; to go away, depart.
- To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.
- Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.
- To give birth to twins.
- “I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
- To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
- The invert child and her innocent child are together lost children, twinning each other despite their distinctions.2009, Kathryn Bond Stockton, The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 111
- To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
- “I see you got us twinning today.” Byrd kissed Lay quickly. “I wanted you to dress like me today,” he admitted.2018, Vivian Blue, Your Heart Is Mine: A Criminal Romance, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN
Synonyms of twinned
Words formed from twinned
Questions about twinned
- What does twinned mean?
- Twinned means produced at, or as if at, a single birth.
- What is twinned the simple past and past participle of?
- Twinned is the simple past and past participle of twin.
- What part of speech is twinned?
- Twinned is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce twinned?
- Twinned is pronounced /twɪnd/.
Words near twinned in the dictionary
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