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bine

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /baɪn/
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  • rhymes with -aɪn

1

noun

Meaning 1

A twining vine which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support. As distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cigarette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fag

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Bullets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Multicultural-London-English, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To fill with bullets, to shoot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Multicultural-London-English, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common hop, common hops, European hop, Humulus lupulus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hop, hops

History

Etymology

From bind (noun).

From Wills's Woodbine (cigarettes).

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: slingerplant — climbing plant growing in a helix