noun Download 🔗Share The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region. Examples : "The soccer player clutched his groin in pain after the hard tackle. " anatomy body medicine physiology human area part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The area adjoining this fold or depression. Examples : "He pulled a muscle in his groin." anatomy body physiology medicine part area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults Examples : "The architect carefully measured the groin in the chapel's vaulted ceiling. " architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The genitals. Examples : "He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain." anatomy body sex organ human physiology medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The surface formed by two such vaults. Examples : "The architect pointed to the groin where the two arches met above the cathedral's nave. " architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To deliver a blow to the genitals of. Examples : "In the scrum he somehow got groined." body action sex anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To build with groins. Examples : "The coastal engineers are groining the beach to prevent erosion. " architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (literary) To hollow out, to excavate. Examples : "The stonemasons painstakingly groined the interior of the new cathedral, creating a stunning vaulted ceiling. " geology archaeology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur. Examples : "The tired dog, disturbed from his nap, only groined a low complaint before falling back asleep. " sound language animal communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater. Examples : "The city built a series of groins along the beach to stop the sand from being washed away by the waves. " environment geology nautical structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
