Found 3 items, similar to Shin.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shin
memanjat, tulang kering
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shin
shin
v : climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn:
clamber,
scramble,
shinny,
skin,
struggle,
sputter]
[also:
shinning,
shinned]
shin
n 1: the front part of the human leg between the knee and the
ankle
2: a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
3: the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
4: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
between the knee and ankle [syn:
tibia,
shinbone]
[also:
shinning,
shinned]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shin
Shin
\Shin\, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D.
scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen,
Sw. skenben. Cf.
Chine.]
1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge
of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
“On his shin.” --Chaucer.
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2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight.
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Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia.
Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (
Pyrola elliptica
) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme
of greenish white flowers.
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Shin
\Shin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Shinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shinning.]
1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it
alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps,
spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a
mast. [Slang]
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2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as
for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, U.S.]
--Bartlett.
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Shin
\Shin\, v. t.
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]
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