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lind

/lɪnd/

lind noun: the lime tree, or linden tree.

Noun

lind (plural linds)

  1. (obsolete) The lime tree, or linden tree.
    • "And 'twere better for thee in the hill to be,
      And thy bride-dress finish sewing,
      Than sit under the lind and with runès-lay,
      A Christian man's heart to thee win."1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167

Proper noun capitalized: Lind

Lind

  1. A surname.

Forms of lind

Noun
plurallinds
Proper noun
alternative formLynds

Origin of lind

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu, from Proto-Germanic *lindō. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

* As an English, North German, Dutch, and North Germanic surname, from lind (“lime tree”). * As a South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective lind (“gentle”). * As a Yiddish surname, variant of Linde.

Words formed from lind

Words that rhyme with lind

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Questions about lind

What does lind mean?
Lind means the lime tree, or linden tree.
What part of speech is lind?
Lind can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lind?
Lind is pronounced /lɪnd/.
What is the plural of lind?
The plural of lind is linds.

Words near lind in the dictionary

  1. Lincs
  2. lincture
  3. linctures
  4. linctus
  5. linctuses
  6. lind
  7. Linda
  8. Linda Vista
  9. lindackerite
  10. Lindahl
  11. Lindahls

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