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SHIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: shinned    , shinning   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("shin" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("shin" is a part of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Synonyms:

shin; shin bone; shinbone; tibia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("shin" is a kind of...):

leg bone (a bone of the leg)

Holonyms ("shin" is a part of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shin" is a kind of...):

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("shin" is a part of...):

Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script (a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

Synonyms:

shin; shin bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("shin" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Synonyms:

clamber; scramble; shin; shinny; skin; sputter; struggle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shin" is one way to...):

climb (move with difficulty, by grasping)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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