nounπShareThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone"The soccer player wore shin guards to protect his shins from getting hurt. "bodyanatomypartphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA fishplate for a railway."The railway workers used strong shins to connect the rails together. "technicalmachinestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShare(as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like."to shin up a mast"bodyactionsportnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo strike with the shin."During the soccer game, he accidentally shins his opponent while trying to get the ball. "bodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment."To pay for the school trip, Sarah had to shins around and borrow money from her friends. "businessfinanceeconomyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter)"In Hebrew class, we learned to write the letter "shins" as part of our alphabet study. "languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
