Meaning

4 senses
  1. (UK, informal)To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.

  2. (UK, informal)To throw away, reject, give up.

  3. To convert continuous data into discrete groups.

  4. (transitive)To place into a bin for storage.

    to bin wine

More definitions
  • store in bins

Examples

159 sentences
  1. Your head is not a trash bin.

    Твоя голова — не смітник. — deniko

    ruТвоя голова - это не мусорная корзина. — corvard

  2. Tom put his luggage into the overhead bin.

    deTom verstaute sein Gepäck im Fach über den Sitzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I completely forgot to put out the bin.

    Я повністю забув виставити контейнери для сміття. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. Your bin is on fire.

    У тебе загорівся смітник. — deniko

    ruУ тебя горит мусорное ведро. — Ooneykcall

    deIhre Mülltonne brennt. — raggione

  5. Tom is a bin lorry driver.

    Том — водій сміттєвозу. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deTom ist Müllkutscher. — Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Late Latin benna o

From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Late Latin benna or a Celtic language, possibly Proto-Brythonic *benn (“cart, carriage”) (whence Middle Welsh benn, Old Breton benn (“caisson”), modern Welsh ben), from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Gaulish benna). Compare German Benne (“wheelbarrow”) and Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben and as a borrowing, West Frisian bin (both "wicker basket").

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Forms

bins, binning, binned, binned
Base formbin · to bin
3rd person singularbins
Present participlebinning
Past simplebinned
Past participlebinned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybin
he, she, itbins

Past simpleLesson

all personsbinned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave binned
he, she, ithas binned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bin

Synonyms

24 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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