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Definition lin

Etymology 1

From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-Germanic *linnan? (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).

Verb

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lun)

  1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist (from something), stop.
  2. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cease; leave off.

Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic or Irish linn.

Noun

lin (plural lins)

  1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
  2. A waterfall, or cataract.
  3. A steep ravine.

Results 116 Words with the letters LIN

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5 letter words with the letters LIN 
ANVIL 11
BINAL 10
BLAIN 10
BLIND 11
BLING 12
BLINI 10
BLINK 14
CLINE 10
CLING 12
CLINK 14
COLIN 10
ELFIN 10
FINAL 10
FLING 12
FLINT 10
INKLE 11
KILNS 11
LAPIN 10
LEVIN 11
LIKEN 11
LIMAN 10
LIMEN 10
LIMNS 10
LINAC 10
LINDY 10
LINGY 11
LINKS 11
LINKY 13
LINUM 11
LIPIN 10
LIVEN 11
LUNGI 10
LUPIN 11
LYING 11
NICOL 10
NIVAL 11
PLAIN 10
PLINK 14
SLINK 11
VINAL 11
VINYL 13
4 letter words with the letters LIN 
ANIL 6
BLIN 9
INLY 8
KILN 10
LAIN 6
LIEN 6
LIMN 9
LINE 6
LING 8
LINK 10
LINN 7
LINO 6
LINS 6
LINT 6
LINY 8
LION 6
LOIN 6
NAIL 6
NILL 7
NILS 6
NOIL 6
3 letter words with the letters LIN 
LIN 5
NIL 5
2 letter words with the letters LIN 
IN 3
LI 3

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