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CHIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: chinned    , chinning   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The protruding part of the lower jaw

Synonyms:

chin; mentum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("chin" is a kind of...):

feature; lineament (the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin)

Meronyms (parts of "chin"):

goatee (a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chin"):

buccula; double chin (a fold of fatty tissue under the chin)

Holonyms ("chin" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India

Synonyms:

Chin; Kuki; Kuki-Chin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Chin" is a kind of...):

Kamarupan (the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northeastern India and adjacent regions of western Burma)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

Synonyms:

chin; chin up

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "chin" is one way to...):

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Domain category:

gymnastic exercise; gymnastics (a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Credits

 Context examples: 

I never saw such a long chin in my life.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Diana Chin, a researcher at Stanford University and Gary's trainer, points her finger to a perch about 20 inches away.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

Cold sores usually occur outside the mouth — on the lips, chin, and cheeks, or in the nostrils.

(Cold Sores, NIH)

The anterior portion of the head extending from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.

(Face, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle extending from the chin to the hyoid bone that brings the hyoid bone forward when swallowing and depresses the mandible.

(Geniohyoid, NCI Thesaurus)

The Japanese Chin is a small spaniel with a short, broad face, and a soft, feathered coat.

(Japanese Chin, NCI Thesaurus)

For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It most often affects the nose, ears, cheeks, chin, fingers, or toes.

(Frostbite, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A position of the fetus during the labor and delivery process where the fetal chin is in close relation to its chest; other joints are also in a flexed position.

(Flexed Fetal Attitude, NCI Thesaurus)

Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and gazed thoughtfully at the Scarecrow.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)