twin
1. either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
sibling, sib
• Hyponyms:
fraternal twin, dizygotic twin, identical twin, monozygotic twin, monozygous twin
2. a duplicate copy
• Syn:
counterpart, similitude
• Hypernyms:
duplicate, duplication
1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- This fact is coupled to the other one
- Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
- The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
• Syn:
match, mate, couple, pair
• Derivationally related forms:
pair (for: pair), couple (for: couple), coupling (for: couple), mate (for: mate), match (for: match)
• Hypernyms:
join, bring together
• Hyponyms:
mismate, mismatch
• Verb Group:
match
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. duplicate or match
- The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
• Syn:
duplicate, parallel
• Hypernyms:
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. grow as twins
- twin crystals
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. give birth to twins
• Hypernyms:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
being two identical (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
duplicate, matching, twinned
• Similar to:
matched
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