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Meaning of "whin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHIN

From Scandinavian; compare Old Danish hvine ( græs), Norwegian hvine, Swedish hven.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WHIN

whin  [wɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

whin

Ulex

Ulex is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are native to parts of western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia. Gorse is closely related to the brooms, and like them, has green stems and very small leaves and is adapted to dry growing conditions. However it differs in its extreme thorniness, the shoots being modified into branched thorns 1–4 centimetres long, which almost wholly replace the leaves as the plant's functioning photosynthetic organs. The leaves of young plants are trifoliate, but in mature plants they are reduced to scales or small spines. All the species have yellow flowers, generally showy, some with a very long flowering season.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHIN

whimsiest
whimsiness
whimsy
whinchat
whine
whiner
whinge
whingeing
whinger
whinier
whiniest
whininess
whining
whiningly
whinnied
whinnies
whinny
whinstone
whiny
whinyard

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHIN

Bas-Rhin
chin
Cochin
dauphin
delphin
dolphin
gonadotrophin
Haut-Rhin
hin
lecithin
Rhin
shin
superthin
Swithin
take it on the chin
therewithin
thin
ultrathin
urchin
within

Synonyms and antonyms of whin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHIN

Find out the translation of whin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

whin
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

whin
570 millions of speakers

English

whin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

whin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطرب صخر بركاني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Whin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

whin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

whin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ajonc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Whin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

whin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホイン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

whin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây tước kim hoa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

whin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कथील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yol yapımında kullanılan sert taş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Whin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Whin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Whin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

whin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Whin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

whin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHIN»

The term «whin» is normally little used and occupies the 111.207 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIN»

Discover the use of whin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Familia 1990: Ulster Geneological Review: Number 6
A whin hedge complete with bank and ditch. How amazing. I was reminded of Ulster. Twelve thousand miles from home people, with the same ancestry as myself, had settled as pioneers in 1875 and fenced their land as they would have done ...
Kenneth Darwin, 1990
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CIO
To what do WHIN's executives attribute the endeavor's success? "Timing, for one thing," says Michael C. Jordan, WHIN's president and general manager. WHIN was created nearly a year before President Clinton's call for healthcare reform, ...
3
Report on the Waverley Gold District, with Geological Maps ...
Henry Youle Hind. •Whin. Slate . . Whin.. Slate . Whin . . Slate . . Whin.. Slate . . Whin.. Slate . . Whin.. Whin. Whin . Whin . Slate . Whin. Whin . Whin . Slate . Probable equivalent on the north side of the anticlinal (area 185 W. W.), consisting of ...
Henry Youle Hind, 1869
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The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London
Farms near Bavington; West Whelpington, Elf Hills, Shield Dykes, St. hgargarets, Ratcheugh, and abundantly in the districts further nort . Fragments of altered rock are frequently found in the Whin. We cannot say whether these fragments ...
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Transactions Of The Geological Society
Grey stone with Post girdles 3 Mixture whin . y post . . ~' y Metal stone . 4 COAL Q . . . Grey Metal stone . 5 Con. . . . Grey Metal stone Strong white post . 6 Con. . . . Grey Metal stone . Grey post . . Strong white post Dark grey metal 7 Coax.
‎1817
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Transactions
On an old plan of the workings in the Low Main Seam in Montague Main Colliery, in my possession, a " Cinder Dyke" is represented, running in the same direction, and immediately above the line of the Whin Dyke, to which our attention is now ...
Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1831
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The English dialect dictionary
(1) Whin-bloom, the blossom of the furze; (2) -bob, a branch of furze; (3] bush, - busk, or -buss. a furze-bush ; (4) -chacker, (5) -check, the whinchat, Pratt”cola rubetra ; (6) -checker, the hen stoncchat, P. mln'co/a ; (7) velad, furze-covered ; (8 ) ...
Joseph Wright
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
WHIN-STONE, in Geology, the provincial name given, in many parts of England and Scotland, to basaltic rocks : it is also applied by miners to designate every kind of darkcoloured and-hard unstratisied rock, which resists the point of the pick .
Abraham Rees, 1819
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Transactions of the Natural History Society of ...
On the side of the hill south of Aglionby Burn, the Whin was a short time ago worked into in a mine called Foxfold Level.In the higher part of Smitter Gill, the Whin may be seen forming the west check of a vein ; it occurs again by the throw of ...
‎1838
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Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire: The mountain ...
raised up, and their free ends immersed in the lower parts of the Whin sill. Widdyhank. — The anomalous breccia above described, and the unconformity of the Whin sill to the subjacent beds, are the, principal facts here observable.
John Phillips, 1836

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vodafone partners with WHIN to offer cash collection facility in rural …
Vodafone India, one of Indias leading telecommunications service providers, has partnered with Water Health India (WHIN), a wholly owned subsidiary of US ... «Web India, Jun 15»
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UPDATE: Farmer speaks of shock after army called in to remove …
Police said the discovery was made in a very old Army bag on land at Whin Isle ... Paul Threlfall, who has run Whin Isle Farm for around 15 years, said that it had ... «Accrington Observer, May 15»
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Step out for Nepal on geo-walk along coastal Whin Sill
The Whin Sill is one of the most iconic landforms in Northumberland, underpinning Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh and Lindisfarne Castles as well as parts of ... «Berwick Today, May 15»
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Proposed Sites for Uptown Music Charter School Up for Debate at …
The WHIN Music Project, founded by David Gracia, has been working with a real estate company to try to find either public or private space within District 6, ... «DNAinfo, Apr 15»
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Close encounter with the Whin Sill for Ian
Cullernose Point and the Whin Sill around Craster will feature in walks that Ian will be running this season. Northumbrian Earth will once again be working with ... «Berwick Today, Mar 15»
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Appeal after motorbikes stolen in burglary at Whin Bank, Scarborough
Appeal after motorbikes stolen in burglary at Whin Bank, Scarborough ... who saw any suspicious people or vehicles in the Whin Bank area to contact them. «North Yorkshire Police, Mar 15»
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Inverness play park under water as River Ness reaches record flood …
Nearby the children's play equipment at Whin Park was under water as the area became an extension of the River Ness with flood water pouring through it. «Highland News, Mar 15»
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Music-Focused Charter School Proposed for Northern Manhattan
David Gracia, founder of the WHIN Music Project, is applying to open a kindergarten through fifth-grade charter school that will offer students two hours of ... «DNAinfo, Feb 15»
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WHPA to hire SPD security patrols starting Jan. 1
The move is the corollary of Gina Frank forming WHIN in response to rising ... Indeed, even the venue for the WHIN meeting, the Ballard Church, recently fell ... «Ballard News Tribune, Dec 14»
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Winter Wonderland in Inverness's Whin Park to get underway
ORGANISERS of this weekend's Winter Wonderland in Whin Park are promising "a number of new attractions". The free festivities get underway this evening at ... «Inverness Courier, Dec 14»

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