Found 2 items, similar to Lin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Lin
Lin
n : United States sculptor and architect whose public works
include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in
Washington (born in 1959) [syn:
Maya Lin]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lin
Lin
\Lin\ (l[i^]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See
Lithe.]
To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston.
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Lin
\Lin\, v. t.
To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]
Lin
\Lin\, n. [Ir. linn, or Gael. linne; akin to W. llyn a pool,
pond, lake, but in senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS. hlynn
torrent. Cf.
Dunlin.]
1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or
below a fall of water.
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2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
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3. A steep ravine.
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Note: Written also linn and lyn.
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