name · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ʃɪn/
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rhymes with -ɪn
CMU ARPABET:SH IH1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A river in Scotland, in the Highlands
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tibia
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A fishplate for a railway
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
to shin up a mast
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shinny
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To strike with the shin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
9
noun
Meaning 9
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tibia, shinbone, shin bone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leg bone
10
noun
Meaning 10
the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
11
noun
Meaning 11
a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shin bone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cut, cut of meat
12
verb
Meaning 12
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.
Across languages
Translations
121 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
skeen
— front part of the leg below the knee
Afrikaans:
maermerrie
— front part of the leg below the knee
Amharic:
ቅልጥም
(ḳəlṭəm)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Arabic:
قَصَبَة
(qaṣaba)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Arabic:
قصبة الرجل
(ʔaṣabet e-regl)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Armenian:
սրունք
(srunkʻ)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Belarusian:
галёнка
(haljónka)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Belarusian:
го́лень
(hóljenʹ)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Bulgarian:
пищя́л
(pištjál)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Catalan:
canyella
— front part of the leg below the knee
Catalan:
canella
— front part of the leg below the knee
Catalan:
sec
— front part of the leg below the knee
Catalan:
camalló
— front part of the leg below the knee
Catalan:
espinella
— front part of the leg below the knee
Cherokee:
ᎠᏍᎬᏓᎨᏂ
(asgvdageni)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Chinese Mandarin:
脛 /胫
(jìng)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Chinese Mandarin:
小腿
(xiǎotuǐ)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Coptic:
ⲕⲁϣ ⲛⲣⲁⲧ
(kaš nrat)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Czech:
holeň
— front part of the leg below the knee
Danish:
skinneben
— front part of the leg below the knee
Darkinjung:
jarra
— front part of the leg below the knee
Dutch:
scheen
— front part of the leg below the knee
Esperanto:
kruro
— front part of the leg below the knee
Finnish:
sääri
— front part of the leg below the knee
French:
tibia
— front part of the leg below the knee
French:
os long
— front part of the leg below the knee
Galician:
canela
— front part of the leg below the knee
Georgian:
კანჭი
(ḳanč̣i)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Georgian:
წვივი
(c̣vivi)
— front part of the leg below the knee
German:
Schienbein
— front part of the leg below the knee
German:
Tibia
— front part of the leg below the knee
Greek:
κνήμη
(kními)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Ancient Greek:
κνήμη
(knḗmē)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Greenlandic:
kanaaq
— front part of the leg below the knee
Hebrew:
שוק
(shok)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Hungarian:
sípcsont
— front part of the leg below the knee
Hungarian:
lábszár
— front part of the leg below the knee
Icelandic:
sköflungur
— front part of the leg below the knee
Indonesian:
betis depan
— front part of the leg below the knee
Indonesian:
tulang kering
— front part of the leg below the knee
Irish:
lorga
— front part of the leg below the knee
Italian:
stinco
— front part of the leg below the knee
Italian:
tibia
— front part of the leg below the knee
Japanese:
脛
(sune)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Japanese:
臑
(sune)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Kabuverdianu:
kanela
— front part of the leg below the knee
Khmer:
ស្មង
(smɑɑŋ)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Korean:
정강이
(jeonggang'i)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Lithuanian:
blauzda
— front part of the leg below the knee
Maasai:
l-aɨlɛ́lɛɛ̂
— front part of the leg below the knee
Macedonian:
пи́ска
(píska)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Malay:
tulang kering
— front part of the leg below the knee
Māori:
tāhau
— front part of the leg below the knee
Māori:
tātāhau
— front part of the leg below the knee
Māori:
kauangāwai
— front part of the leg below the knee
Middle English:
schyne
— front part of the leg below the knee
Moksha:
катля
(katlä)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Mpade:
salio
— front part of the leg below the knee
Navajo:
adzástis
— front part of the leg below the knee
Norwegian Bokmål:
skinneben
— front part of the leg below the knee
Norwegian Bokmål:
skinnebein
— front part of the leg below the knee
Norwegian Bokmål:
tibia
— front part of the leg below the knee
Norwegian Nynorsk:
skinnebein
— front part of the leg below the knee
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tibia
— front part of the leg below the knee
Old English:
sċinu
— front part of the leg below the knee
Persian:
ساق
(sâġ)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Polish:
goleń
— front part of the leg below the knee
Portuguese:
canela
— front part of the leg below the knee
Romanian:
fluierul piciorului
— front part of the leg below the knee
Russian:
го́лень
(gólenʹ)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Sanskrit:
अष्ठीवत्
(aṣṭhīvat)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Scottish Gaelic:
lurgann
— front part of the leg below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
голѐњача
— front part of the leg below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
гња̑т
— front part of the leg below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
голен
— front part of the leg below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
golènjača
— front part of the leg below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
gnjȃt
— front part of the leg below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
golen
— front part of the leg below the knee
Slovak:
holeň
— front part of the leg below the knee
Slovene:
golen
— front part of the leg below the knee
Slovene:
piščal
— front part of the leg below the knee
Somali:
xoog
— front part of the leg below the knee
Spanish:
canilla
— front part of the leg below the knee
Spanish:
espinilla
— front part of the leg below the knee
Spanish:
tibia
— front part of the leg below the knee
Swedish:
skenben
— front part of the leg below the knee
Tagalog:
lulod
— front part of the leg below the knee
Thai:
แข้ง
(kɛ̂ng)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Tibetan:
ངར་གདུང
(ngar gdung)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Turkish:
incik
— front part of the leg below the knee
Turkish:
kaval kemiği
— front part of the leg below the knee
Ottoman Turkish:
اینجك
(incik)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Ottoman Turkish:
باجاق
(bacak)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Ukrainian:
гомі́лка
(homílka)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Ukrainian:
голі́нка
(holínka)
— front part of the leg below the knee
Unami:
hwìkxkòn
— front part of the leg below the knee
Vietnamese:
ống quyển
— front part of the leg below the knee
Vietnamese:
ống khuyển
— front part of the leg below the knee
Vietnamese:
ống đồng
— front part of the leg below the knee
Volapük:
tibiad
— front part of the leg below the knee
Welsh:
crimog
— front part of the leg below the knee
Xhosa:
imbande
— front part of the leg below the knee
Yagara:
buyu
— front part of the leg below the knee
Yoruba:
àgbàkùrójú
— front part of the leg below the knee
Yoruba:
ojúgun
— front part of the leg below the knee
Arabic:
شِين
(šīn)
— Semitic letter
Catalan:
xin
— Semitic letter
Finnish:
šin
— Semitic letter
French:
chine
— Semitic letter
French:
shin
— Semitic letter
German:
Schin
— Semitic letter
Hebrew:
שִׁין
(shin)
— Semitic letter
Russian:
шин
(šin)
— Semitic letter
Turkish:
şin
— Semitic letter
Yiddish:
שין
(shin)
— Semitic letter
Bulgarian:
изкатервам се
(izkatervam se)
— (UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Finnish:
kivuta
— (UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Finnish:
kavuta
— (UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Finnish:
kiivetä
— (UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Russian:
кара́бкаться
(karábkatʹsja)
— (UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Russian:
лазать
(lazatʹ)
— (UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope