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The Meaning of twin

  • (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
  • (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.
  • (a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
  • (a.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
  • (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.
  • (n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
  • (n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another.
  • (n.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
  • (v. i.) To bring forth twins.
  • (v. i.) To be born at the same birth.
  • (v. t.) To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
  • (v. t.) To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
  • (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