sardine (redirected from sardining)

sar·dine  (sär-dn)

n.

1. Any of various small or half-grown edible herrings or related fishes of the family Clupeidae, frequently canned in oil or water, especially the pilchard of European waters.

2. Any of numerous small, silvery, edible freshwater or marine fishes unrelated to the sardine.

tr.v. sar·dined, sar·din·ing, sar·dines Slang

To pack tightly; cram: "The bars are sardined with hungry hopefuls" (Gael Greene).

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[Middle English sardin, from Old French sardine, from Latin sardna, from sarda, a kind of fish, ultimately from Greek Sard, Sardinia.]

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sardine

Noun

pl -dines or -dine

1. a small fish of the herring family, often preserved in tightly packed tins

2. like sardines very closely crowded together [Latin sardina]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sardine - small fatty fish usually canned       pilchard saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned food fish - any fish used for food by human beings clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas sild - any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway Clupea sprattus, sprat, brisling - small herring processed like a sardine
	3.	sardine - a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony sard, sardius calcedony, chalcedony - a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
	4.	sardine - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring Sardina pilchardus, pilchard clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas genus Sardina, genus Sardinia, Sardina - pilchards Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea - small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America

Translations

sardine [sɑːˈdiːn] n → sardina

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sardine [sɑːˈdiːn] n → sardine f

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sardine [sɑːˈdiːn] n → Sardine f

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sardine [sɑːˈdiːn] n → sardina

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sardine

n sardine [saːˈdiːn]

a young pilchard, often packed in oil in small tins. sardyn سَمَك سَرْدين сардина sardinka sardin die Sardine σαρδέλα sardina sardiin ماهي ساردين sardiini sardine סַרדִין सार्डीन मछली srdela, sardina szardínia sarden sardína sardina いわし 정어리 sardinė sardīne sardin sardine sardin sardynka sardinha sardea сардина sardinka sardina sardina sardin ปลาซาร์ดีน sardalya (balığı) 沙丁魚 сардина ہیرنگ سے مشابہ چھوٹی سمندری مچھلی cá mòi 沙丁鱼