crine
/kɹaɪn/
crine verb: to wither, wilt, shrivel. Also the pronunciation spelling of crying.
Verb
crine (third-person singular simple present crines, present participle crining, simple past and past participle crined)
Noun
crine (countable and uncountable, plural crines)
Also used as
crine is also the pronunciation spelling of crying.
Forms of crine
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | crines |
| present participle | crining |
| past participle | crined |
| past | crined |
| Noun | |
| plural | crines |
Origin of crine
From Scots crine (“to shrivel”), from Scottish Gaelic crìon (“withered”), from Old Irish crín.
From Middle French crine (whence also French crin), Italian crine, or directly from Latin crīnis (“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”).
Words that rhyme with crine
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- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about crine
- What does crine mean?
- Crine means to wither, wilt, shrivel.
- What part of speech is crine?
- Crine can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce crine?
- Crine is pronounced /kɹaɪn/.
- What is the past tense of crine?
- The past tense of crine is crined.
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