Tine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A branch of a deer\'s antlers.
  • n. A prong on an implement such as a fork or pitchfork.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb
  • n. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Trouble; distress; teen.
  • v. To kindle; to set on fire.
  • verb-intransitive. To kindle; to rage; to smart.
  • v. To shut in, or inclose.
  • n. A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To close.
  • To shut in; inclose, as with a hedge; hence, to make or repair for inclosure, as a hedge.
  • To lose.
  • To destroy.
  • To be lost; hence, to be destroyed; perish.
  • n. A wild vetch or tare, as Vicia hirsuta, which clasps other plants with its tendrils. Tine-grass, tine-tare, and tine-weed are applied to the same or similar plants.
  • A dialectal form of teen.
  • n. A dialectal form of teen.
  • An obsolete form of tiny.
  • Same as tind.
  • n. One of a set of two or more pointed projecting prongs or spikes; specifically, a slender projection adapted for thrusting or piercing, as one of those of a fork of any kind, or of a deer's antler: locally used also of projections more properly called teeth, as of a harrow. See cuts under antler, palmate, 1, and Rusa.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prong   
    Cross Reference
    royal tine    tooth    tool    prong   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trouble    distress    teen    kindle    rage    smart   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aline    Cline    Combine    Dine    Heine    Jain    Klein    Kline    Quine    Rhine   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    prongs    skate    prong