shin
The front part of the leg below the kneeThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Meaning
3 sensesThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.
Schienbein, Tibia
го́леньgólenʹ
гомі́лкаhomílka, голі́нкаholínka
the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
A fishplate for a railway
The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Schin
шинšin
Examples
23 sentencesTom kicked Mary in the shin.
ruТом пнул Мэри в голень. — sharptoothed
These are shin guards.
deDas hier sind Schienbeinschoner. — Vortarulo
He kicked me in the shins.
The ball ricocheted off his shin.
He's got a huge gash on his shin.
deEr hat einen Riesenschnitt am Schienbein. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, fromFrom Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.
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