noun Download 🔗Share A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails. Examples : "My grandfather always keeps a few bottles of different gins on hand for making cocktails. " drink substance food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Gin rummy. Examples : "My grandma loves to play gins with her friends every Tuesday afternoon. " game entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Drawing the best card or combination of cards. Examples : "Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out." game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A trick; a device or instrument. Examples : "The door seemed locked, but he discovered a hidden gins, a cleverly concealed latch that opened it easily. " device technology thing machine utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Examples : "The politician's promises were just gins to win votes, not genuine plans for change. " device machine thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A snare or trap for game. Examples : "The farmer set gins along the edge of his field to catch rabbits eating his crops. " animal weapon game nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. Examples : "The construction workers used gins to lift the heavy steel beams into place for the new building. " machine technology architecture building structure utility item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. Examples : "The old mine still had its gins, used for lifting buckets of ore up to the surface. " machine technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pile driver. Examples : "The construction crew used two gins to drive the massive support beams deep into the ground for the new bridge. " machine building technology work industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A windpump. Examples : "The flat landscape was dotted with gins, pumping water from underground for the cattle. " agriculture machine technology environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cotton gin. Examples : "The old gins at the farm museum helped visitors understand how cotton was processed long ago. " agriculture machine technology industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. Examples : "The farmer gins the cotton in the fall after the harvest. " agriculture technology machine process industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To trap something in a gin. Examples : "The trapper carefully gins the rabbit in the snare, hoping for a successful catch. " weapon action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To begin. Examples : "As soon as the rain stopped, the sun gins to shine through the clouds. " action time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An Aboriginal woman. Examples : "My grandmother and her sisters, all gins, grew up on this land. " person human race culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
