kine
/kaɪn/
kine is the plural of cow.
kine is the clipping of kinescope.
Meaning of cow
Noun
cow (countable and uncountable, plural cows or cattle or (archaic or dialectal) kye or kine)
- An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- The whole herd is out to pasture right now — the cows, calves, and heifers are out back, and the bulls are down by the creek.
- Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.
- We saw lots of cows at the farm show, including some surprisingly gigantic bulls.
- Synonyms:
- cattle beast
- Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- The only meat I eat is cow.
- Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- […] the worst insult to a woman, either in London or Paris, is "cow"; a name which might even be a compliment, for cows are among the most likeable of animals.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
Meaning of kinescope
Noun
kinescope (plural kinescopes)
- A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.
- Synonyms:
- kine
- An early television receiver tube.
Noun (1)
kine (plural kines)
- A proposed unit of velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
- It may be well to note that a mile per hour is equal to 44.7 kines, and that accordingly a sharp walking pace may attain 200 kines […]1890, E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 50, page 169
- The Committee on Mechanical Nomenclature suggest the usage of the term Kine, Bole, and Barad thus:– 1 cm. per sec. = 1 kine.1888, The Electrical Engineer, volume 2, page 223
Noun (2)
kine (plural kines)
Proper noun capitalized: Kine
Kine (plural Kines)
- A surname.
Forms of kine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kines |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Kines |
Origin of kine
Inherited from Middle English kyn, kyne, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural.
From Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement, motion”), or directly from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).
Words formed from kine
Words that rhyme with kine
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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 kine
- What does kine mean?
- Kine means a proposed unit of velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
- What is kine the plural of?
- Kine is the plural of cow.
- What part of speech is kine?
- Kine can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kine?
- Kine is pronounced /kaɪn/.
- What is the plural of kine?
- The plural of kine is kines.
Words near kine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kine (page history and authors); Kine (page history and authors); cow (page history and authors); kinescope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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