shin
shin¹
Definition
shin (s̸hin)
noun
- the front part of the leg between the knee and the ankle
- the lower foreleg in beef
Etymology: ME schine < OE scinu, akin to Ger schiene, thin plate, schien-, shin < IE base *skei- > sheath
transitive verb, intransitive verb shinned, shin′·ning
to climb (a rope, pole, etc.) by using both hands and legs for gripping: often with up
shin²
Definition
shin (s̸hēn)
noun
the twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (שׁ)
Etymology: Heb sīn, shīn, lit., tooth
shin
Synonyms
shin
Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Object
- splint: Liam avoided this fate by having to drop out at about 27 miles due to a sudden pain that he suspected was shin splints.
- star: On Pluto, Neptune, Saturn or Mars, On a silver moon or a shinning star.
- example: This program is a shinning example of Walt Disney's ability to use sparkling humor to drive home the important message about workplace safety.
- light: A shinning light went out on Friday & the World was certainly enhanced with your presence.
Converse of object
- bruise: The " Times " the next day commented that the horse had suffered bruised shins.
- leave: He planted his left foot flat and his left shin vertical.
- have: However, he seems to be going through another growth phase but and has recently had sore shins.
Adjective modifier
- sore: Colin Cameron and Michael Oakes played but Keith Andrews didn't after being taken off at half-time with sore shins in Monday's friendly.
- left: I felt a sharp kicking at my left shin.
- right: Showing two girls, one of whom has a bandage on her right shin which may explain the caption.
Modifies a noun
- splint: My problems started with shin splints, which I managed to get rid of thanks to all the advice I had received.
- bone: His right shin bone was cracked, possibly the reason why he was unable to escape from the sinking vessel.
- guard: The many designs of shin guards on the market provide varying protection levels.
- muscle: This flexing of the anterior shin muscles also helps begin the flexing of the knee.
- injury: Adie Moses is still out with a shin injury.
- plate: Small and light front shin plate with the top buckle being reversed aiding the closing leverage.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Hain however has the distinction of being greasier than the pole he's shinning up.
Followed by a transitive particle
- down: He escaped from the White Tower by shinning down a rope, which had been smuggled into his cell in a wine casket.
- up: Shinning up a fifteen hundred foot long rope would be no picnic with the added problem of the field.
Preposition: of
- beef: Chicken carcass or shin of beef plus some beef bones, 1 stalk celery and1 carrot, 1 medium onion outer leaves only removed.
Browse dictionary entries near shin
- Shimonoseki
- Shimomura, Tsutomu
- shimmy
- shimmering
- shimmer
- shim
- Shiloh
- shilly-shally
- Shilluk
- shilling
