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Definition chine

Etymology 1

From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skina, from Proto-Germanic *skin?. Doublet of shin.

Noun

Etymology 2

From Middle English chin (“crack, fissure, chasm”), from Old English ?ine, ?inu, from Proto-Germanic *kin?. The Old English term is cognate to Old Saxon kena, and is related to the Old English verb c?nan ("to grow in size, crack, split, gape"), from Proto-Germanic *k?nan? ("to sprout, germinate, split open"), from Proto-Indo-European *geie ("to split open, to sprout").

Noun

chine (plural chines)

  1. (Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.

Etymology 3

From Middle English ch?nen (“to crack, fissure, split”), from Old English ??nan (“to break into pieces, burst, crack”), from Proto-Germanic *k?nan? (“to split; crack; germinate; sprout”). See also cheep (“to break forth from a shell or calix; to hatch from an egg; to sprout or put out shoots”) and tochine.

Verb

chine (third-person singular simple present chines, present participle chining, simple past chined or chone or chane, past participle chined)

  1. (obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break. [9th-16th c.]

Results 428 Words with the letters CHINE

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9 letter words with the letters CHINE 
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6 letter words with the letters CHINE 
CHAINE 12
CHINED 13
CHINES 12
ECHING 14
ECHINI 12
ENRICH 12
ETHNIC 12
HYENIC 14
INCHED 13
INCHES 12
LICHEN 13
NICHED 13
NICHES 12
RICHEN 12
ZECHIN 21
5 letter words with the letters CHINE 
CHINE 11
NICHE 11
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CHIN 10
CINE 8
INCH 10
NICE 8
3 letter words with the letters CHINE 
CHI 8
HEN 6
HIC 8
HIE 5
HIN 6
ICE 6
ICH 8
2 letter words with the letters CHINE 
EH 4
EN 3
HE 4
HI 4
IN 3
NE 3

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