twin
/twɪn/ verb C2- 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.· Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.
- To give birth to twins.
- To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
- To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
He/she/it twins · Past twinned · Past participle twinned · -ing form twinning
Verb forms
- Base form
- twin
- He/she/it
- twins
- Past
- twinned
- Past participle
- twinned
- -ing form
- twinning
From the library
One of their company, an old man, said, “Let us cease lamenting, my mates, for, as it seems to me, sorrow is always the twin sister of joy; and it was only to be looked for that we, who just now were over-rejoiced, should next have something to make us sad.”
From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated, and pierced with many loopholes.
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