Found 3 items, similar to GROIN.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: groin
kelangkang, selangkang, selangkangan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: groin
groin
n 1: the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh
with the trunk together with the adjacent region and
often including the external genitals [syn:
inguen]
2: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
[syn:
breakwater,
groyne,
mole,
bulwark,
seawall,
jetty]
v : build with groins;
“The ceiling was groined”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Groin
Groin
\Groin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Groined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Groining.] (Arch.)
To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
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The hand that rounded Peter's dome,
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
Wrought in a sad sincerity. --Emerson.
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Groin
\Groin\, n. [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L. grunnire.]
The snout of a swine. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Groin
\Groin\, v. i. [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.]
To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Bears that groined coatinually. --Spenser.
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Groin
\Groin\, n. [Icel. grein distinction, division, branch;
akin to Sw. gren, branch, space between the legs, Icel.
greina to distinguish, divide, Sw. grena to branch, straddle.
Cf.
Grain a branch.]
1. (Anat.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and
the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
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2. (Arch.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting
of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the
summit.
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3. (Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
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4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and
retain shingle. [Eng.] --Weale.
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