chined
/t͡ʃaɪnd/
chined adjective: pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone. Also the simple past and past participle of chine.
Adjective
chined (not comparable)
- Pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone.
- Broken in the back.
- Hee's chin'd, he's chin'd, good man, he is a mourner.c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Custome of the Countrey”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC...
Also used as
chined is also the simple past and past participle of chine.
Origin of chined
From chine + -ed.
Words that rhyme with chined
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- rind
- signed
- unbind
- unkind
- unmind
- aligned
- combined
- defined
- designed
- Glynde
- hind
- inclined
- intertwined
- rebind
- spined
- to one's mind
- unassigned
- undersigned
- uninclined
- unlined
- upwind
- vined
- wynd
- amind
- animalkind
- assigned
- brined
- crined
- declined
- dined
- enshrined
- entwined
- fined
- humankind
- mined
- misaligned
- pined
- presence of mind
- re-signed
- realigned
- reassigned
- redefined
- redesigned
- remind
- resigned
- rined
- shined
- twined
Questions about chined
- What does chined mean?
- Chined means pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone.
- What part of speech is chined?
- Chined is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chined?
- Chined is pronounced /t͡ʃaɪnd/.
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