Twin - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |twɪn|  American pronunciation of the word twin
Brit.  |twɪn|  British pronunciation of the word twin

noun

- either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini (syn: gemini)
- a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
- a duplicate copy (syn: counterpart, similitude)

verb

- duplicate or match (syn: duplicate, parallel)
The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together (syn: couple, match, mate, pair)
- grow as twins
twin crystals
- give birth to twins

adjective

- being two identical (syn: duplicate, matching)

Extra examples

She's the mother of twins.

The twins went swimming after lunch.

My sister just had twins.

Sarah and her brother are twins.

The ewes of this country rarely twin.

I have a sister, twinned with me.

The twins are now eight months old.

Meet my twin sister.

Chichester in England is twinned with Chartres in France.

Dole has been twinned in the history books with his old rival Bush.

The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse

She's my twin sister.

All the twin rooms have private bathrooms.

...keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out...

Tom is hardly distinguishable from his twin brother

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: twin
he/she/it: twins
present participle: twinning
past tense: twinned
past participle: twinned
noun
singular: twin
plural: twins
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