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twin
A	noun
	1	counterpart, similitude, twin
			a duplicate copy
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚representation ╚copy ╚duplicate; duplication ╚counterpart, similitude, twin
	2	Twin, Twin Falls
			a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚body of water; water ╚waterfall; falls ╚Twin, Twin Falls
	3	Gemini, Twin
			(astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚Gemini, Twin
	4	twin
			either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚relative; relation ╚sibling; sib ╚twin ╚identical twin; monozygotic twin; monozygous twin ╚fraternal twin; dizygotic twin
B	verb
	1	twin
			give birth to twins
		Category Tree: make; create ╚produce; bring forth ╚give birth; deliver; bear; birth; have ╚twin
	2	twin
			grow as twins; "twin crystals"
		Category Tree: change ╚change magnitude ╚increase ╚grow ╚develop ╚grow ╚twin
	3	match, mate, couple, pair, twin
			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"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join; bring together ╚match, mate, couple, pair, twin ╚mismatch ╚mismate
	4	twin, duplicate, parallel
			duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
		Category Tree: equal; be ╚match; fit; correspond; check; jibe; gibe; tally; agree ╚twin, duplicate, parallel
C	adjective
	1	duplicate, matching, twin(a), twinned
			being two identical

	2	siamese, twin
			very similar

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