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punoa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • braid verb To weave three or more strands of hair, thread, or rope together.
  • intertwine verb To twist two or more things around each other.
  • knit verb To make fabric or a garment by looping yarn together, either by hand with needles or by machine.
  • knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
  • strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
  • twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.
  • weave verb To make fabric or a similar structure by crossing threads or strands over and under each other.

Senses

punoa is used for these senses in English:

  • intertwine To twine (things) together.
  • knit (transitive) To combine from various elements.
  • knot To unite closely; to knit together.
  • strand (transitive) To form by uniting strands.
  • twist To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
  • weave (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

braid — full definition

  1. verb To weave three or more strands of hair, thread, or rope together.
  2. noun A length of hair, thread, or fiber woven together in interlacing strands.

intertwine — full definition

  1. verb To twist two or more things around each other.
  2. verb To link things so tightly that they are hard to separate.
  3. verb To end up twisted around each other.
  4. verb To become linked together with one another.
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