This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more
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.