tine

[tahyn]

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noun

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

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 formstined, adjective

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Related Words for tined

acute, pointed, keen, salient, fine, tapering, gnawing, jagged, shooting, serrated, barbed, acuminate, peaked, piercing, honed, tapered, horned, whetted, bifurcate

British Dictionary definitions for tined

tine

noun

a slender prong, esp of a fork

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

Derived Formstined, adjective

Word Origin for tine

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

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Word Origin and History for tined

tine

Old English tind, a general Germanic word (cf. Old High German zint "sharp point, spike," Old Norse tindr "tine, point, top, summit," German Zinne "pinnacle"), of unknown origin.

tined in Medicine

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.