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Shin

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Noun

1. shin

the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

2. shin, shin bone

a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

3. shin

the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

4. shin, shin bone, shinbone, tibia

the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Verb

5. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shin

see synonyms of shin
noun
1. 
the front part of the lower leg
2. 
the front edge of the tibia
3. mainly British
a cut of beef, the lower foreleg
verbWord forms: shins, shinning or shinned
4. (when intr, often foll by up)
to climb (a pole, tree, etc) by gripping with the hands or arms and the legs and hauling oneself up
. Also (US): shinny
5. (transitive)
to kick (a person) in the shins
noun
the 21st letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ש), transliterated as sh

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shin

see synonyms of shin
noun
1. 
the front part of the leg between the knee and the ankle
2. 
the lower foreleg in beef
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: shinned or ˈshinning
3. 
to climb (a rope, pole, etc.) by using both hands and legs for gripping
often with up
noun
the twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (שׁ)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shin

see synonyms of shin
n.
1.
a. The front part of the leg below the knee and above the ankle.
b. The shinbone.
2. A cut of meat from the lower foreleg of beef cattle.
v. shinned, shin·ning, shins
v.tr.
1. To climb (a rope or pole, for example) by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs.
2. To kick or hit in the shins.
v.intr.
1. To climb something by shinning it.
2. To move quickly on foot.
n.
One of the two forms of the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, distinguished from the letter sin by having a dot above the right side of the letter. See Table at alphabet.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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