gin
To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton ginTo remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
» I'd like a gin and tonic.
Ich hätte gern einen Gin Tonic. — Zaghawa
Джин с тоником, пожалуйста. — o_my_gosh
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3 senses(transitive)To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
(transitive)To trap something in a gin.
trap with a snare
(Early, Modern, archaic)To begin.
Examples
39 sentencesI'd like a gin and tonic.
ruДжин с тоником, пожалуйста. — o_my_gosh
deIch hätte gern einen Gin Tonic. — Zaghawa
I want a gin and tonic.
Would you like a gin rickey?
What I want is a gin and tonic.
ruЧего я хочу, так это джина с тоником. — sharptoothed
Tom and Mary played gin rummy last night.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), froPartly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).
Inherited from Middle English ginnen (“to begin”), contraction of beginnen.
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Forms
gins, ginning, ginned, ginnedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle