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shin

UK
/ʃɪn/
US
/ʃɪn/

Translations

shinnoun
shins
pl
UK
/ʃɪn/
US
/ʃɪn/
He injured his shin during the soccer match.
Он повредил голень во время футбольного матча.
Synonyms
shank
leg
calf
shinverb
shinned
Past Simple
shinned
Past Participle
shinning
Gerund
UK
/ʃɪn/
US
/ʃɪn/
Synonyms
climb
clamber
scramble
shimmy
scale
ascend
mount
scrabble
shinadjective
UK
/ʃɪn/
US
/ʃɪn/
Used attributively to modify nouns relating to the front part of the leg, e.g. “shin guard”

Definitions

shinnoun
The front part of the leg below the knee.
He bruised his shin while playing soccer.
A cut of meat from the lower part of a cow's leg.
The recipe calls for a pound of beef shin for the stew.
The twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ש).
In Hebrew, the letter shin can represent either the /ʃ/ or /s/ sound depending on the placement of the dot.
The tibia bone of the lower leg.
The X-ray showed a small fracture in his shin.
shinverb
To climb quickly by gripping with the arms and legs.
He managed to shin up the tree to retrieve the kite.
To strike or kick someone on the shins.
She was sent off for shinning her opponent during the match.
shinadjective
Attributive, relating to the shin or located at the front of the lower leg.
He complained of persistent shin pain after running.
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