Word Meanings - TWO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One and one; twice one. "Two great lights." Gen. i. 16. "Two black clouds." Milton. Note: Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two parts, divisions, organs, or the like;

Additional info about word: TWO

One and one; twice one. "Two great lights." Gen. i. 16. "Two black clouds." Milton. Note: Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two parts, divisions, organs, or the like; as two-bladed, two-celled, two-eared, two-flowered, twohand, two-headed, two-horse, two-leafed or two- leaved, two-legged, two-lobed, two-masted, two-named, two-part, two- petaled, two-pronged, two-seeded, two-sided, two-story, two-stringed, two-foothed, two-valved, two-winged, and the like. One or two, a phrase often used indefinitely for a small number. (more info) tweien, properly masc. , AS. twa, fem. & neut., tw, masc., t, neut.; akin to OFries. tw, masc., twa, fem. & neut., OS. tw, masc., twa, fem., tw, neut., D. twee, OHG. zw, zw, zwei, G. zwei, Icel. tveir, tvær, tvau, Sw. två, Dan. to, Goth. twai, tw, twa; Lith. du, Russ. dva, Ir. & Gael. da, W. dau, dwy, L. duo, Gr. dva. Balance, Barouche, Between, Bi-, Combine, Deuce two in cards, Double, Doubt, Dozen, Dual, Duet, Dyad, Twain, Twelve, Twenty, Twice, Twilight,

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TWO)

• Pair
• Two
• couple
• span
• brace

Related words: (words related to TWO)

• COUPLE
  See COUPLE-CLOSE (more info) 1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size
• COUPLER
  One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. Coupler of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.
• COUPLET
  Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.
• BRACELET
  1. An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls. 2. A piece of defensive armor for the arm. Johnson.
• COUPLE-BEGGAR
  One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift.
• BRACE
  A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion
• COUPLEMENT
  Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. Shak. And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. Spenser.
• BRACER
  1. That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage. 2. A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart. Chaucer. 3. A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to
• COUPLE-CLOSE
  A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.
• COUNTERBRACE
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• COUNTER BRACE
  The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
• THERMOELECTRIC COUPLE; THERMOELECTRIC PAIR
  A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.
• THERMOCOUPLE
  A thermoelectric couple.
• VAMBRACE
  The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
• VANTBRACE; VANTBRASS
  Armor for the arm; vambrace. Milton. (more info) Armor)
• EMBRACEOR
  One guilty of embracery.
• EMBRACERY
  An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.
• EMBRACE
  To fasten on, as armor. Spenser.
• ACCOUPLEMENT
  1. The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. Caxton. 2. That which couples, as a tie or brace.
• IMBRACERY
  Embracery.
• UNBRACE
  To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser.
• REREBRACE
  Armor for the upper part of the arm. Fairholt.
• REEMBRACE
  To embrace again.
• REBRACE
  To brace again. Gray.