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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun shin has 4 senses

shin(n = noun.body) - the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle;

is a kind of

body part

is a part of leg

shin(n = noun.food) shin bone - a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg;

is a kind of cut, cut of meat

shin(n = noun.communication) - the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet

shin(n = noun.body) shin bone, shinbone, tibia - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle;

is a part of leg

is a kind of leg bone

Verb shin has 1 sense

shin(v = verb.motion) clamber, scramble, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling;

is one way to climb

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

shin, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. Chine.].

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
A fish plate for rails. Knight. [1913 Webster]

Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia. -- Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.

shin, v. i.

To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast. [1913 Webster]
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

shin, v. t.

To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

shin, n. & v.
--n.
1 the front of the leg below the knee.
2 a cut of beef from the lower foreleg.
--v.tr. & (usu. foll. by up, down) intr. (shinned, shinning) climb quickly by clinging with the arms and legs.

Idiom

shin-bone = TIBIA. shin-pad (or -guard) a protective pad for the shins, worn when playing football etc.

Etymology

OE sinu

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THESAURUS

shin

ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, clamber, clamber up, climb, climb over, climb up, cnemis, dash, drumstick, escalade, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, gigot, ham, hind leg, hock, jamb, knee, leg, limb, mount, podite, popliteal space, ramp, run, scale, scale the heights, scamper, scissor-legs, scoot, scrabble up, scramble up, scurry, shank, shin up, shinny, sprint, stems, struggle up, stumps, surmount, tarsus, trotters, upclimb

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shin

Ascent

VB ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.