twin
/twɪn/ verbo C2En español: hermanar, emparejar, separar
- 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 · Pasado twinned · Participio pasado twinned · Forma en -ing twinning
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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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