Shin

Noun

 * 1) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

Synonyms

 * tibia

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * to shin up a mast
 * 1) To strike with the shin.

Synonyms

 * shinny US

Noun

 * 1) The twenty-first letter of many Semitic  alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Verbs for Shin
abrade—; bandage—; bare—; bark—; batter—; brace—; bruise—; buffet—; expose —; fracture—; gash—; lacerate—; pad—; rend—; scrape—; shield—; skin—; splinter.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology 1
scinu:

Etymology 2
Ultimately from. Compare Shamash:.

Alternative forms

 * sheen
 * šīn

Noun

 * Arabic: قصبة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  小腿
 * Czech:
 * Darkinjung:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שוק (shok)
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Irish: lorga
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 脛, 臑 (すね, sune)
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: писка
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: golenjača, gnjat , golen
 * Spanish:, ,

Verb

 * Finnish:, ,


 * Russian:, лазать

Derived terms

 * shinny
 * shin bone
 * shin leaf
 * shin splints

Anagrams

 * hisn

Noun

 * 1)  new
 * 2)  heart
 * 3)  truth, genuine, veritable
 * 4)  core, heart

Pronoun

 * 1)  we, us

Etymology
From sinni:.