Definition of Shin

1. Noun. The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.

Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Leg

2. Verb. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
Exact synonyms: Clamber, Scramble, Shinny, Skin, Sputter, Struggle
Generic synonyms: Climb
Derivative terms: Clamber, Struggle

3. Noun. A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg.
Exact synonyms: Shin Bone
Generic synonyms: Cut, Cut Of Meat

4. Noun. The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

5. Noun. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
Exact synonyms: Shin Bone, Shinbone, Tibia
Group relationships: Leg
Generic synonyms: Leg Bone
Derivative terms: Tibial

Definition of Shin

1. n. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

2. v. i. 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.

3. v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.

Definition of Shin

1. Noun. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. ¹

2. Verb. (British) 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. ¹

3. Verb. To strike with the shin. ¹

4. Noun. The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shin

1. to climb by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs [v SHINNED, SHINNING, SHINS]

Medical Definition of Shin

1. 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. 2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. Origin: Shinned; Shinning. 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." 2. A fish plate for rails. Shin bone, the tibia. Shin leaf, a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers. Origin: OE. Shine, schine, AS. Scina; akin to D. Scheen, OHG. Scina, G. Schiene, schienbein, Dan. Skinnebeen, Sw. Skenben. Cf. Chine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shin

shimmers
shimmery
shimmey
shimmeys
shimmied
shimmies
shimming
shimmy
shimmy-shammy
shimmy on down
shimmying
shimpan
shimpan bucho
shimpan fukubucho
shims
shin (current term)
shin-splints
shin bone
shin guard
shin pad
shin pads
shin splint
shin splints
shinanigan
shinanigans
shinbone
shinbones
shindesi
shindesi kensa

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