tine

[ tahyn ]

/ taɪn /

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noun

a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.

RELATED WORDS

point, prong, branch, spike

Nearby words

tincture, tindal, tinder, tinderbox, tindery, tine, tine test, tinea, tinea barbae, tinea capitis, tinea corporis

Also especially British, tyne.

Origin of tine

before 900; late Middle English tyne, Middle English tind, Old English; cognate with Old High German zint, Old Norse tindr

Related forms

tined, adjective

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Examples from the Web for tine

The rifle flashed--a tine flew, splintered by the bullet, from the brow antler, not an inch above the eye.
Warwick Woodlands|Henry William Herbert (AKA Frank Forester)
It would be better to sit down quietly and look upward to tine sky.
The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")|Nathaniel Hawthorne
If I were made of iron, at this tine I could write no more.'
Meditations|Marcus Aurelius
We would let him perch on a branch, when we Chickadees would nestle around him until he was as warm as in the lovely summer tine.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories|Various

Soundings in lakes of considerable size and depth show that their bottoms are being covered with tine clays.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton

British Dictionary definitions for tine

tine

/ (taɪn) /

noun

a slender prong, esp of a fork

any of the sharp terminal branches of a deer's antler

Derived Forms

tined, adjective

Word Origin for tine

Old English tind; related to Old Norse tindr, Old High German zint

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Medicine definitions for tine

tine

[ tīn ]

n.

The slender pointed end of an instrument, such as an explorer used in dentistry.

An instrument usually containing several individual prongs and used to introduce antigen, such as tuberculin, into the skin.