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tines

tines is the plural of tine.

Meaning of tine

Noun (1)

tine (plural tines)

  1. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
    • The tines of the fork were quite evidently of iron or steel, the girl did not know which, while the handle and the spoon were of the same material as the smaller vessels.1920, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Untamed
  2. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
    • “I answer not the challenge of my prisoner,” said Front-de-Bœuf; “nor shalt thou, Maurice de Bracy.—Giles,” he continued, “hang the franklin’s glove upon the tine of yonder branched antlers:[…]1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XXVII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst...
  3. (dialectal) A wild vetch or tare.

Noun (2)

tine

  1. (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
    • As wither'd Weed through cruel Winter's Tine1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Tines

Tines

  1. (plural) plural of Tine

Questions about tines

What is tines the plural of?
Tines is the plural of tine.
What part of speech is tines?
Tines is a proper noun.

Words near tines in the dictionary

  1. tineoid
  2. tineoids
  3. Tineos
  4. Tiner
  5. Tiners
  6. tines
  7. tinet
  8. Tinewald
  9. tineæ
  10. tinfish
  11. tinfoil

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