Meaning

5 senses

  1. (intransitive)To utter a high-pitched cry.

    jaulen, heulen, jammern

    вытьvytʹ, завыватьzavyvatʹ, взвыватьvzvyvatʹ

    make a high-pitched, screeching noise

  2. (intransitive)To make a sound resembling such a cry.

    The jet engines whined at take off.

    вытьvytʹ, завытьzavytʹ

  3. (intransitive)To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.

    jaulen, heulen, jammern

    плакатьсяplakatʹsja, скулитьskulitʹ

  4. (intransitive)To move with a whining sound.

    The jet whined into the air.

    The wind whined and moaned through the trees.

    ~ с воем

    move with a whining sound

  5. (transitive)To utter with the sound of a whine.

    The child whined all his complaints.

    Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.

    прорыдатьprorydatʹ

Examples

65 sentences

  1. Tom is whining.

    Том ниє. — deniko

    deTom jammert. — Felixjp

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  2. Tom started whining.

    Том заскиглив. — deniko

    ruТом захныкал. — sharptoothed

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  3. You sure do whine a lot.

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  4. You're the ones whining, not us.

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  5. You're the one whining, not me.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
to utter a whine:
to make a sound resembling such a cry:
to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine:
to move with a whining sound:
to utter with the sound of a whine:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to utter a whine:
to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine:

Origin

From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (“to rush, to whizz, t

From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian Nynorsk kvina, Swedish vina, and Danish hvine. Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with German weinen, Dutch wenen, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (for which see dialectal English ween (“to weep, lament”)).

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Forms

whines, whining, whined, whined
Base formwhine · to whine
3rd person singularwhines
Present participlewhining
Past simplewhined
Past participlewhined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhine
he, she, itwhines

Past simpleLesson

all personswhined

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whine

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whimwhimperwhimsicalwhingewhinger

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