Definizione monolingua

twin

twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)

1. (transitive, obsolete except, Scotland) To separate, divide.
2. (intransitive, obsolete except, Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
3. (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).

   Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France.

   For example, Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.

4. (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

     “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.”

twin (plural twins)

1. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
2. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
3. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room
4. (US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
5. A twin crystal.

twin (not comparable)

1. Forming a pair of twins.

   the twin boys

2. Forming a matched pair.

   twin socks

Definizione dizionario twin

	gemello
	either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
	A case of multiple birth in which the mother gives birth to two offspring from the same pregnancy.

gemelli

accompagnabile

fodera

geminato

Altri significati:

hotel room

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

(usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).

A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room

forming a matched pair

Forming a matched pair.

(transitive, obsolete except, Scottish) To separate, divide.

Forming a pair of twins.

A twin crystal.

(intransitive, obsolete except, Scottish) To split, part; to go away, depart.

forming a pair of twins

(US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.

Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.