noun🔗ShareTibia, bas de la jambeThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone"He scraped his shin on the rough pavement while playing soccer. "Il s'est écorché le tibia sur le pavé rugueux en jouant au football.anatomybodyphysiologypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareéclisseA fishplate for a railway."The railway workers replaced the old shin with a new, stronger one. "Les cheminots ont remplacé l'ancienne éclisse par une nouvelle, plus solide.technicalmachineindustrybuildingstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGrimper (à la force des bras et des jambes)(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"Grimper le long d'un mâtactionsportbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFrapper avec le tibiaTo strike with the shin."During the soccer game, he accidentally shinned the other player while trying to kick the ball. "Pendant le match de football, il a accidentellement frappé l'autre joueur avec le tibia en essayant de frapper le ballon.bodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunter à la hâte, s'endetter temporairementTo run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment."To pay for the field trip, Sarah had to shin around town to get some quick loans from friends. "Pour payer le voyage scolaire, Sarah a dû emprunter à la hâte dans la ville pour obtenir des prêts rapides de ses amis.businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareShinThe twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter)"In Hebrew class, we learned that the letter that looks like a "W" is called "shin." "En cours d'hébreu, nous avons appris que la lettre qui ressemble à un « W » s'appelle « shin ».languagelinguisticswritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
