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CHINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Backbone of an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)

Derivation:

chine (cut through the backbone of an animal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Derivation:

chine (cut through the backbone of an animal)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut through the backbone of an animal

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

butcher; slaughter (kill (animals) usually for food consumption)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

chine (backbone of an animal)

chine (cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone)

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