Shin

Word SHIN
Character 4
Hyphenation shin
Pronunciations /ʃɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Shin"

What do we mean by shin?

One of the two forms of the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, distinguished from the letter sin by having a dot above the right side of the letter. noun

The front part of the leg below the knee and above the ankle. noun

The shinbone. noun

A cut of meat from the lower foreleg of beef cattle. noun

To climb (a rope or pole, for example) by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs. intransitive verb

To kick or hit in the shins. intransitive verb

To climb something by shinning it. intransitive verb

To move quickly on foot. intransitive verb

In a modern turning-plow, the lower front corner of the mold-board, next the share and forming part of the cutting edge. It replaces in part the head or sheath of old plows. noun

To use the shins in climbing; climb by hugging with arms and legs: with up: as, to shin up a tree.

To go afoot; walk: as, to shin along; to shin across the field.

To climb by grasping with the arms and legs and working or pulling one's self up: as, to shin a tree.

To kick on the shins.

The twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in sound to the English sh. Its numerical value is 300. noun

The front part of the human leg from the knee to the ankle, along which the sharp edge of the shin-bone or tibia may be felt beneath the skin. noun

The shin-bone. noun

The lower leg; the shank: as, a shin of beef. noun

In ornithology, the hard or scaly part of the leg of a bird; the shank. See sharp-shinncd. noun

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone

A fishplate for a railway.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Shin

The word "shin" in example sentences

For this stupidity I received a couple of stitches on my left knee, my shin is a giant scab, and my right thigh looks as if someone took a baseball bat to it. ❋ Tim Romano (2007)

New product is what we call shin kicking, it gets the kids to say to mom "I have to get into Build-A-Bear" and then we need something for mom, whether that's a strong promotion, whether that's a bundling opportunity, whether it's some kind of limited edition. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ironically, it is the Japanese phrase shin do fu ji that rings truest for me: human and soil are not two. ❋ William Spear (2011)

A scar on my shin is from when I pedaled without holding the handlebars and I fell off my red Schwinn with the fat tires, the little straw basket, and the tinkly bell. ❋ Lea Lane (2010)

Gaudio finished the match with blood trickling down his right shin from a final-set tumble. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The name is derived from the Gaelic and refers to the town of Cullen in Moray and the word for shin or shank which developed the secondary meaning of soup. ❋ Donna Bowater (2011)

Sheeny should not be traced to German shin, a cant word for "miser; base fellow; cheat" (an etymology proposed by a distinguished scholar). ❋ SarahN (2009)

Shirogane convinces him that the balance between the human world and the shadow world has been distorted and that Akira must become a "shin" - a creature of the shadow world - in order to help restore the balance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He pulls up his pant leg and there on his shin is a little puny round scar. ❋ Kolly Easton (2004)

Crysania stared, fascinated, at the bloodstained sword shin - ing in the staff's light. ❋ Weis, Margaret (1988)

Sent Enoch the second time to Mr. Webb who has Exchanged 50 dollars for me gave me Hagers Town Notes for small paper alias shin plasters. ❋ Unknown (1961)

In some plows this is replaced by an upward projection of the share; this is wide at the back and sharp in front and is called the shin of the plow from its resemblance to the shin bone. ❋ Charles Landon Goodrich (N/A)

I had got my feet mixed and was trying to hold my left wrist against my right shin, which is exceedingly difficult. ❋ Unknown (1916)

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