tine
IPA: tˈaɪn
noun
- A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
- A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
- (dialect) A wild vetch or tare.
- (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
- A surname.
verb
- (obsolete) To kindle; to set on fire.
- (obsolete) To rage; to smart.
- (archaic) To shut in, or enclose.
adjective
- small, diminutive
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Examples of "tine" in Sentences
- Where are the tines found
- Did you know about the tine
- The tine was found in my house.
- The teacher explained the usage of tine.
- The shorter tine is closer to the handle.
- The fourth tine is better developed than the third.
- An aperture is provided in the contact in front of the tine.
- The tines are aligned substantially parallel to the central axis.
- The blades or tines rake the sand and the skimming device levels it.
- Preferably, the inner side of the tine is concave and a recess formed.
- His tallest tine is 10.5 inches and his left main beam is slightly palmated.
- Keep learning English, in "tine" you might sound as though you aren't here to clean houses.
- He affirmed that he had performed a magical ceremony, termed tine egan, by which he evoked a fiend, from whom he extorted a confession that
- The treaty, perhaps better known as the Pact of Paris, is at least a gesture toward a forward step in tine direction of peace among nations.
- The bottom right deer's rack's right side is not tangled at all, and the left side only has a single tine from the other deer in between two of his tines.
- The bottom tine is "accountability," a word Karen Murton uses so frequently it deserves a ceremonial flag of its own, and she considers herself as accountable for her performance as anyone else.
- But like somefeller pointed out, making the statement that because she has an accent "Keep learning English, in "tine" you might sound as though you aren't here to clean houses" speaks for itself.
- Who would have suggested that in tine of peace we can sing "God Save the King" and boast of our British citizenship and send our trade across the seas under the protection of the British navy and do nothing in time of war?
- Rosett reported that according to consultant and former journalist Youssef Ibrahim, Gadhafi "has used the 'tine' suffix before, attaching it as a dismissive insult to various other words ( 'socialism-tine,' 'capitalism-tine')."
- He affirmed that he had performed a magical ceremony, termed tine egan, by which he evoked a fiend, from whom he extorted a confession that Conachar, now called Eachin, or Hector, MacIan, was the only man in the approaching combat between the two hostile clans who should come off without blood or blemish.