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The Meaning of twin
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(a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
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(a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
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(a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
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(a.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
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(n.) One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.
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(n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
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(n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another.
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(n.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
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(v. i.) To bring forth twins.
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(v. i.) To be born at the same birth.
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(v. t.) To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
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(v. t.) To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
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(v. i.) To depart from a place or thing.
Synonyms
Gemini
,
Twin
,
Twin
,
Twin Falls
,
counterpart
,
similitude
,
duplicate
,
parallel
,
match
,
mate
,
couple
,
pair
,
duplicate
,
matching
,
twinned
Rhymes
adin
,
akin
,
allin
,
allphin
,
alpin
,
amylin
,
askin
,
aslin
,
astin
,
aswin
,
atkin
,
bedouin
,
been
,
begin
,
bergin
,
berlin
,
bihn
,
bin
,
binn
,
blinn
,
boleyn
,
bongjin
,
brin
,
brinn
,
bryn
,
buckskin
,
bushkin
,
chagrin
,
chang-hsin
,
chin
,
chinh
,
chinn
,
dechine
,
deerskin
,
din
,
eldwin
,
elkin
,
emlyn
,
ervin
,
erwin
,
fin
,
finn
,
finne
,
flinn
,
flynn
,
foreskin
,
gin
,
ginn
,
glavine
,
glyn
,
glynn
,
grin
,
gwin
,
gwinn
,
gwyn
,
gwynn
,
gwynne
,
gyn
,
hamelin
,
has-been
,
herein
,
hinn
,
in
,
inn
,
itkin
,
jin
,
jocelin
,
joceline
,
jocelyn
,
jocelyne
,
kamin
,
katyn
,
kaylynn
,
kin
,
kingpin
,
kinn
,
kinne
,
knin
,
kyoung-min
,
levin
,
ligne
,
lin
,
linchpin
,
linh
,
linn
,
linne
,
lwin
,
lyn
,
lynn
,
mandolin
,
mcginn
,
mcguinn
,
mclin
,
mclinn
,
mcminn
,
mcquinn
,
mihn
,
min
,
minh
,
pigskin
,
pin
,
pinn
,
prynne
,
puffin
,
qian
,
qin
,
quin
,
quinn
,
redskin
,
rinn
,
rinne
,
schwinn
,
sheepskin
,
shin
,
shinn
,
sin
,
sinn
,
skin
,
solzhenitsyn
,
spin
,
syn
,
tailspin
,
therein
,
thin
,
tin
,
trinh
,
underpin
,
underspin
,
verduin
,
vin
,
violin
,
when
,
wherein
,
win
,
winn
,
winne
,
within
,
wynn
,
wynne
,
yalin
,
yan-bin
,
yin