twin

Definition

  • noun: either one of two babies that are born at the same time to the same mother
  • noun: either of two offspring produced at a birth
  • verb: to bring (two things) together in close association
  • verb: to bring together in close association
  • usually used as '(be) twinned'
  • synonyms: couple

Examples

  • I found one glove but I can't find its 'twin'. [=I can't find the other glove]

  • the 'twin' goals of reducing oil dependence and protecting the environment

  • Our town 'is twinned' with a town of roughly the same size in France.

Movie quotes

  • (..) more and more things to fix... ...until the shack no longer resembled itself. Of course, the best part was coming up with the new material. By the time the twins and I had got to Havana... ...we'd worked out a new routine, using only a ukulele and a harmonica. - Well... - You could leave it there. (..)
    2003 Big Fish
  • (..) I know the biggest man in show business. Bob Hope?! Bigger. Ready? And so the twins and I began our arduous journey... ...halfway around the world. Unfortunately, there was no way to send a message back to America. And so it was no surprise (..)
    2003 Big Fish