shin
IPA: ʃˈɪn
noun
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A fishplate for a railway
- The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A river in Scotland, in the Highlands
verb
- (Britain, as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
- To strike with the shin.
- (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
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Examples of "shin" in Sentences
- Shin guards also protect the kneecap.
- He is trying to stretch the shins regularly.
- The hips are bent with the shins on the floor.
- Shin is a silent, seemingly unsociable person.
- The key to this is to stretch the shins regularly.
- Loosening the shoes will prevent the pain in the shins.
- The calf is the back portion and the shin is the front.
- Plus, the turning point was at the foot, breaking the shin.
- The drum is connected to the thigh and the shoe to the shin.
- The shin is the front portion of the lower leg in vertebrates.
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