(figuratively, often in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
verb
(transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
swine
swine
noun
(archaic) plural of sow
(derogatory) A contemptible person (plural swines).
(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".
(slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
twine
twine
noun
A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
A twist; a convolution.
Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
The act of twining or winding round.
verb
(intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
(intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
(intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
(obsolete) To change the direction of.
(obsolete) To mingle; to mix.
(obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
(transitive) To weave together.
(transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
(transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
Alternative form of twin (“to separate”)
vinew
vinew
noun
(obsolete) Moldiness, mould.
verb
(obsolete) To become musty or mouldy.
waine
wendi
whein
whine
whine
noun
A complaint or criticism.
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
verb
(intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
(intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
(intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
(intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
(transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
widen
widen
verb
(intransitive) To become wide or wider.
(transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.
(transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
(transitive) To make wide or wider.
(transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.
wilen
wince
wince
noun
A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.
A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
verb
(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.
(transitive) To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince.
To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient.
wined
wined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wine
winer
winer
noun
A person who habitually drinks wine
wines
wines
noun
plural of wine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wine
winey
winey
adj
Alternative spelling of winy
winne
winne
adj
(obsolete) Enjoyable; delightful.
noun
(obsolete) Joy; delight; pleasure.
winze
winze
noun
A steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels.
wisen
wisen
verb
(intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
(transitive) To make wise or wiser.
witen
wizen
wizen
adj
Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.