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TWINS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20
Synonyms:
Gemini; Gemini the Twins; Twins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("twins" is a kind of...):
crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)
Domain category:
mineralogy (the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb twin
Context examples:
Larger differences occurred in twins where only one sibling had autism.
(Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH)
Mr. Copperfield, I trust, as an old and familiar friend, will not object to receive occasional intelligence, himself, from one who knew him when the twins were yet unconscious?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A pregnancy involving twins or higher-order multiple fetuses (e.g., triplets, quadruplets).
(Multiple Gestation, NCI Thesaurus)
It was the curse of mankind that these incongruous faggots were thus bound together—that in the agonised womb of consciousness, these polar twins should be continuously struggling.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
These twins are invariably identical.
(Monochorionic Monoamniotic Twin Pregnancy, NCI Thesaurus)
Thus he roamed about in misery for some years, and at length came to the desert where Rapunzel, with the twins to which she had given birth, a boy and a girl, lived in wretchedness.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Smaller differences in the patterns of metal uptake occurred when both twins had autism.
(Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH)
My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“He is the parent of my children! He is the father of my twins! He is the husband of my affections,” cried Mrs. Micawber, struggling; “and I ne—ver—will—desert Mr. Micawber!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Though utterly unlike in character, the twins got on remarkably well together, and seldom quarreled more than thrice a day.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
