name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
kine
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kaɪn/
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rhymes with -aɪn
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪni
noun
Meaning 2
plural of cow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 4
Clipping of kinescope (“type of recording”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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noun
Meaning 5
In kinesics, any of the individual movements composing a kineme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age- Bible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- so many head of cattle
- wait till the cows come home
- seven thin and ill-favored kine
- a team of oxen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cattle, cows, oxen, Bos taurus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bovine
Narrower terms: ox, stirk, bullock, steer, bull, cow, moo-cow, beef, beef cattle, Welsh, Welsh Black, red poll, Africander, dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker, Devon, grade
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kyn, kyne, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural.