Kin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One's relatives; family; kinfolk.
  • n. A kinsman or kinswoman.
  • adj. Related; akin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Race; family; breed; kind.
  • n. Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
  • n. One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
  • n. Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  • n. Kind; sort; manner; way.
  • adj. Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
  • n. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  • n. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
  • The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second.
  • adj. Of the same nature or kind; kinder.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Race; family; breed; kind.
  • n. Collectively, persons of the same race or family; kindred.
  • n. Relationship; consanguinity or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  • n. Kind; sort; manner; way.
  • n. A person's nearest relatives according to the civil law. (Stimson.) The phrase does not include a widow, she being specifically provided for by the law as widow, and it is sometimes used in contradistinction to children: as, the widow, children, and next of kin. In either use it means that one (or more) who stands in the nearest degree of blood-relationship to the deceased. What degree is deemed nearest varies somewhat in the details of the law of different jurisdictions; but in general where there are no children, or descendants of children, the father is the next of kin, and if there is no father, the mother, and if no parent, the brothers and sisters are the next of kin, and so on.— Of kin, of the same kin; having relationship; of the same nature or kind; akin. See akin.
  • Of kin; of the same blood; related.
  • Of the same kind or nature; having affinity.
  • n. A chap or chilblain.
  • n. A weight, in use in China and Japan, equal to 601.043 grams, or nearly 1⅓ pounds avoirdupois; a catty.
  • n. A Chinese musical instrument, of very ancient origin, having from five to twenty-five silken strings. It is played like a lute.
  • n. A diminutive suffix, attached to nouns to signify a little object of the kind mentioned: as, lambkin, a little iamb; pipkin, a little pipe: catkin, a little cat, etc.
  • n. Same as kine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. group of people related by blood or marriage
  • n. a person having kinship with another or others
  • adj. related by blood
  • Equivalent
    related    kine   
    Cross Reference
    kith and kin    next of kin    to count kin    clan    kith   
    Form
    kinswoman    kinfolk    kindred    kinship    kith and kin    kinsman    kind    next of kin    akin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kindred    relatives    kinder   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allin    Atkin    Begin    Berlin    Boleyn    Bryn    Chin    Finn    Flynn    Gwyn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ter    well    ll    an    t    gwine    wont    cant    ud    'to