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shin

/ʃɪn/

shinnoun

shins

/ʃɪn/

Translations

голень

He injured his shin during the soccer match.

Он повредил голень во время футбольного матча.

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

shank

leg

calf

shinverb

shinned

Past Simple

shinned

Past Participle

shinning

Gerund

/ʃɪn/

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

shinadjective

/ʃɪn/

Used attributively to modify nouns relating to the front part of the leg, e.g. “shin guard”

Definitions

Attributive, relating to the shin or located at the front of the lower leg.

He complained of persistent shin pain after running.

shinproper noun

Definitions

A surname of Korean origin (also found in other cultures).

Professor Shin published a groundbreaking paper on robotics.