chine

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɪn/ Rhymes: -aɪn === Etymology 1 === From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of shin. ==== Alternative forms ==== chimb, chime ==== Noun ==== chine (plural chines) The top of a ridge. The spine of an animal. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull. (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body. (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave. The back of the blade on a scythe. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== chine (third-person singular simple present chines, present participle chining, simple past and past participle chined) (transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English chyne, chynne (“crack, fissure, chasm”), from Old English ċine, ċinu, from Proto-West Germanic *kinu, from Proto-Germanic *kinō. ==== Noun ==== chine (plural chines) (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea. ===== Related terms ===== chine chink === Etymology 3 === From Middle English chynen (“to crack, fissure, split”), from Old English ċīnan (“to break into pieces, burst, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīnan, from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to split; crack; germinate; sprout”). ==== Verb ==== chine (third-person singular simple present chines, present participle chining, simple past and past participle chined) (obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break. [9th–16th c.] ===== Related terms ===== chine ==== References ==== An historical dictionary === See also === === Anagrams === Chien, niche == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃin/ Rhymes: -in === Verb === chine inflection of chiner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === chien, niche, niché == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈçɪnʲə] === Noun === chine m lenited form of cine == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈki.ne/ Rhymes: -ine Hyphenation: chì‧ne === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== chine f pl feminine plural of chino === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== chine f pl plural of china == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== chine alternative form of chyne (“crack”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== chine alternative form of chyne (“spine”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== chine alternative form of chynen == Neapolitan == === Adjective === chine m pl masculine plural of chino == Portuguese == === Verb === chine inflection of chinar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative