See twine on Wiktionary
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},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twine.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twine.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twine.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "twyne"
}
],
"word": "twine"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "numeral"
},
"expansion": "twine",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "twye"
}
],
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola numerals"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of twye"
],
"links": [
[
"twye",
"twye#Yola"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "twine"
}
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"Lua:Module:checkparams:warn()",
"extensionTag()"
],
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"subsection": "verb",
"title": "twine",
"trace": ""
}
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}
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "twine",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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