tind

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
  2. A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike. Scotland,UK,dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To ignite, kindle. obsolete
    — Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].

词形变化

tinds present,singular,third-person tinding participle,present tinded participle,past tinded past tind participle,past tind past tynd alternative teend alternative tine alternative teen alternative tinds plural tynd alternative

词源

词源 1
From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).
词源 2
From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.
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