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- [lin]
- /lɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [lin]
- /lɪn/
Definitions of lin word
- noun lin a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream. 1
- noun lin a pool of water, especially at the foot of a waterfall. 1
- noun lin a steep ravine or precipice. 1
- noun lin (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist (from something), stop. 1
- verb lin to cease or desist from 0
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Origin of lin
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; conflation of Old English hlynn torrent (not recorded in ME), and Scots Gaelic linne, cognate with Irish linn, Welsh llyn
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Parts of speech for Lin
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lin usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerAntonyms for lin
noun lin
- illin — Slang. foolish; crazy (used especially in the phrase be illin').
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