noun
Meaning 1
Hair of the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
crine
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krīn
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/kɹaɪn/
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rhymes with -aɪn
verb
Meaning 2
To wither, wilt, shrivel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
Pronunciation spelling of crying, representing African-American Vernacular English
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Examples
- I'm crine 😭
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History
Etymology
From Middle French crine (whence also French crin), Italian crine, or directly from Latin crīnis (“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”).
From Scots crine (“to shrivel”), from Scottish Gaelic crìon (“withered”), from Old Irish crín.