tine
pronunciation
How to pronounce tine in British English:
UK [taɪn]
How to pronounce tine in American English:
US [taɪn]
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- Noun:
- prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
Word Origin
- tine (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old English tind "spike, beak, prong, tooth of a fork," a general Germanic word (compare Old High German zint "sharp point, spike," Old Norse tindr "tine, point, top, summit," German Zinne "pinnacle"), of unknown origin (see zinc).
Example
- 1. They will nave not tine to stay in paris .
- 2. Ma tine does no more washing !
- 3. Tine says you cannot send someone to a country that practices torture and uses the death penalty .
- 4. I hope the last tine is fast a little come .
- 5. I really do object to your wasting our precious tine here .