rin
/ɹɪn/
rin verb: to run.
Verb
rin (third-person singular simple present rins, present participle rinning, simple past ran, past participle run)
- To run.
- "Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinning—rinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it.[…]."1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, volume 1, John Macrone, page 314
- O! gin I were where Gadie^([the name of a rivulet]) rins,a. 1846, John Imlah, “Where Gadie rins”, in James Grant Wilson, editor, The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, Volume II, Harper & Brothers, published 1876, page 211
Noun
rin (plural rin)
- A coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.
Forms of rin
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | rins |
| present participle | rinning |
| past | ran |
| past participle | run |
| Noun | |
| plural | rin |
Origin of rin
From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run.
Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin).
Words formed from rin
Phrases with rin
Questions about rin
- What does rin mean?
- Rin means to run.
- What part of speech is rin?
- Rin can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rin?
- Rin is pronounced /ɹɪn/.
- What is the past tense of rin?
- The past tense of rin is ran.
Words near rin in the dictionary
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