noun · rare

tine

tine · tines

зубец

Ende, Stift, Zahn, Dorn

A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a…A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.

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/taɪn/

» This little fork has four tines.

У этой маленькой вилки четыре зубца.

Meaning

4 senses

A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
Zinke, Pickel, Dorn
зубе́цzubéc
prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
Ende, Sprosse, Sprießel
(dialectal)A wild vetch or tare.
(obsolete)Trouble; distress; teen.

Examples

5 sentences

This little fork has four tines.
ruУ этой маленькой вилки четыре зубца.
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The tines of the fork are bent.
ruЗубцы вилки погнуты.
deDie Gabelzinken sind verbogen.
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The tines of the fork were bent.
ruУ вилки были изогнуты зубцы.
deDie Gabelzinken waren verbogen.
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The tines of the fork have been bent.
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This fork has four tines.
ruУ этой вилки четыре зубца.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

prong:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

prong:

on antler:

Origin

From Middle English tine, alteration of Middle English tinde, tind, from Old English tind,

From Middle English tine, alteration of Middle English tinde, tind, from Old English tind, from Proto-West Germanic *tind, Proto-Germanic *tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, peg”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tiende, Tiene (“prong, tine”), German Zind, Zint (“prong”). Compare also the related English tind and German Zinne.

See teen (“affliction”).

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