Twining

[ twahy-ning ]

noun

1. Nathan Farragut, 1897–1982, U.S. Air Force general: chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1957–60.

Example Sentences

Somewhere behind the house the birds began to wail, twining their voices into a piercing cry until suddenly I saw them both running down the hill into the stutter start of flight.

From Scientific American

The twining herbaceous perennial vine is a host plant for the silver-spotted skipper butterfly, and produces flowers in rosy shades, with a shape that reveals the plant’s membership in the pea family.

From Seattle Times

Through the telescope I beheld banded Jupiter holding court with three of its glittering moons and, 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, mists of interstellar gas twining through the Tarantula Nebula.

From New York Times

Installing them is as easy as twining garland around a railing, and a zip tie will keep the battery box in place.

From Seattle Times

Nhamo felt the long arms of the girls twining around her—or were they arms?

From Literature