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shin
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shin 1  (shn)
n.
1.
a. The front part of the leg below the knee and above the ankle.
b. The shinbone.
2. The lower foreleg in beef cattle. Used of cuts of meat.
v. shinned, shin·ning, shins
v.tr.
1. To climb (a rope or pole, for example) by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs.
2. To kick or hit in the shins.
v.intr.
1. To climb something by shinning it.
2. To move quickly on foot.

[Middle English shine, from Old English scinu; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

shin 2  (shn, shn)
n.
The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew în, of Phoenician origin; see nn in Semitic roots.]

shin1
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the front part of the lower leg
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the front edge of the tibia
3. (Cookery) Chiefly Brit a cut of beef, the lower foreleg
vb shins, shinning, shinned
1. (when intr, often foll by up) to climb (a pole, tree, etc.) by gripping with the hands or arms and the legs and hauling oneself up
2. (tr) to kick (a person) in the shins
[Old English scinu; related to Old High German scina needle, Norwegian dialect skina small disc]

shin2
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 22nd letter in the Hebrew alphabet (שׁ), transliterated as sh
[from Hebrew shīn, literally: tooth]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shin - the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankleshin - the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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
2.shin - a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
3.shin - the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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)
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
4.shin - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankleshin - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
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
leg bone - a bone of the leg
Verb1.shin - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
climb - move with difficulty, by grasping
Translations
shin [ʃɪn]
A. Nespinilla f (Brit) [of meat] → jarrete m
B. VI to shin up/down a treetrepar a/bajar de un árbol

shin [ˈʃɪn]
ntibia m
shin up
vt fus [+ tree] → grimper à
shin bone ntibia m

shin
nSchienbein nt; (of meat)Hachse f; to kick somebody on the shinjdn vors Schienbein treten
vi to shin up/down(geschickt) hinauf-/hinunterklettern

shin [ʃɪn]
1. nstinco
2. vi to shin up a treearrampicarsi in cima a un albero

shin
n shin [ʃin]
the front part of the leg below the knee He kicked him on the shins. skeen عَظْم الساق пищял holeň skinneben das Schienenbein καλάμι (ποδιού) espinilla jalasääre esikülg ساق پا sääri le devant du tibia שוֹק अंतर्जंघिंका goljenica sípcsont tulang kering sköflungur stinco 向こうずね 정강이 blauzda apakšstilbs tulang kering scheen skinnebein goleń canela tibie, fluierul piciorului голень holeň golenica kolenica sken-, smalben หน้าแข้ง incik; baldırın ön kısmı 脛骨 гомілка پنڈلی ، ساق xương ống chân 胫骨
vpast tense, past participle shinned
(usually withup) to climb by alternate movements of both arms and both legs He shinned up the tree. opklouter يَتَسَلَّق شَجَرَة بِذِراعَيْهِ وَقَدَمَيْهِ катеря се šplhat klatre hinaufklettern σκαρφαλώνω με χέρια και με πόδια trepar, escalar (käte-jalgadega) üles ronima با چهار دست وپا بالا زفتن kivuta grimper לְטַפֵּס בְּעֶזרַת הַיָדַיִם וְהַרַגלַיִים चढ़ना penjati se, puzati (uz) felmászik memanjat klifra arrampicarsi よじ登る 기어 오르다 ropštis []rāpties memanjat sesuatu dengan mudah klauteren klatre wdrapywać się subir a se căţăra карабкаться šplhať sa plezati uzverati se klättra ปีนโดยการใช้มือและขาทั้งสอง tırmanmak 攀爬 дертися, лізти چارو ہاتھ پاؤوں سے تیزی کے ساتھ اوپر چڑھنا leo, trèo , 爬

shin قَصَبة الرِجْل holeň skinneben Schienbein καλάμι espinilla säären etuosa tibia cjevanica stinco むこうずね 정강이 scheen skinnbein goleń canela голень skenben คาง kaval kemiği cẳng chân 胫骨的


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