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1. (n.) spine
a hard, sharp-pointed outgrowth on a plant; thorn.
2. spine
a stiff-pointed bone, process, or appendage, as the quill of a porcupine or the sharp rays in the fin of certain fishes.
3. spine
resolution or courage; backbone.
4. spine
a ridge, as of ground or rock.
5. spine
the back of a book binding, usu. indicating the title and author.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L spīna thorn, backbone)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
"the fall broke his back"
2. (noun) spur, spine, acantha
any sharply pointed projection
3. (noun) spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
4. (noun) spine, backbone
the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
"the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
5. (noun) spine
a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
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1. spine
the row of bones that protect the spinal cord
an injury to the spine
2. spine
one of the sharp points on some animals' bodies
the spines of a porcupine
3. spine
the back of a book where the pages are held together
a book with a broken spine
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Spine
a sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn
2. (noun) Spine
a rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal
3. (noun) Spine
one of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish
4. (noun) Spine
the backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae
5. (noun) Spine
anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Spine
The spinal or vertebral column.
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Sense: the line of linked bones running down the back of humans and many animals; the backbone
She damaged her spine when she fell.
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 Afrikaans: ruggraat |
 Arabic: عَمود فِقْري |
 Bulgarian: гръбнак |
 Brazilian: coluna |
 Czech: páteř |
 German: das Rückgrat |
 Danish: rygrad |
 Greek: σπονδυλική στήλη, ραχοκοκ |
 Spanish: columna vertebral, espina |
 Estonian: selgroog |
 Farsi: ستون فقرات |
 Finnish: selkäranka |
 French: colonne vertébrale |
 Hebrew: עַמוּד שִׁדרָה |
 Hindi: रीढ़, मेरूदंड |
 Croatian: kičma, kralježnica |
 Hungarian: (hát)gerinc |
 Indonesian: tulang belakang |
 Icelandic: hryggur |
 Italian: spina dorsale, colonna ve |
 Japanese: 背骨 |
 Korean: 척추 |
 Lithuanian: nugarkaulis, stuburas |
 Latvian: mugurkauls |
 Malay: tulang belakang |
 Dutch: ruggegraat |
 Norwegian: ryggrad |
 Polish: kręgosłup |
 Persian: ستون فقرات |
 Pashto: ستون فقرات |
 Portuguese: coluna |
 Romanian: coloană vertebrală |
 Russian: позвоночник; хребет |
 Slovak: chrbtica |
 Slovenian: hrbtenica |
 Serbian: kičma |
 Swedish: ryggrad |
 Thai: กระดูกสันหลัง |
 Turkish: omurga, bel kemiği |
 Taiwanese: 脊柱，脊椎 |
 Ukrainian: спинний хребет, хребетний |
 Urdu: ریڑھ کی ہڈّی |
 Vietnamese: xương sống |
 Chinese: 脊柱，脊椎 |
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