tway
9.9
To split into two pieces, usually by cutting or breaking
- adverb
- Archaic
:
en dos partes
- The sword struck the branch and cut it tway with a single blow.
Examples
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The rope snapped tway under the heavy weight, leaving both ends dangling.
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In the old tale, the stone was split tway by a bolt of lightning.
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The sword struck, and the log was tway.
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He cut the rope tway with ease.
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The sword struck the branch and cut it tway with a single blow.
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In the old tale, the stone was split tway by a bolt of lightning.
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The rope snapped tway under the heavy weight, leaving both ends dangling.
Synonyms
apart
vstway
∞
1.0
Become separated into pieces
indicates division specifically into two parts often by cutting or breaking
Antonyms
Surface Forms
tway positive
Etymology
Tway comes from an old English word twā meaning 'two', and is like the English words two and twin. Think of a thing cut into two, because as an adverb tway means 'apart into two parts', so it describes splitting or breaking into two.