Definitions for spine
spaɪnspine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachisnoun

   the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

   "the fall broke his back"

2. spur, spine, acanthanoun

   any sharply pointed projection

3. spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikeletnoun

   a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

4. spine, backbonenoun

   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. spinenoun

   a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spinenoun

   A person or thing's backbone; the series of bones collectively from one's (literal or figurative) head to tail or pelvis.

2. spinenoun

   A rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.

3. spinenoun

   Courage or assertiveness.

4. spinenoun

   The narrow, bound edge of a book.

5. Etymology: From espine (modern French épine) or its source, spina.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spinenoun

   The back bone.

   Etymology: spina, Latin.

   The rapier entered his right side, reaching within a finger’s breadth of the spine. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   There are who think the marrow of a man,
   Which in the spine, while he was living, ran;
   When dead, the pith corrupted, will become
   A snake, and hiss within the hollow tomb. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spine

   A spine is the column of vertebrae extending from the skull to the pelvis; also known as the backbone or vertebral column. It serves as a main support structure of the body, allowing us to stand upright, bend, and twist. The spine also protects the spinal cord, a pathway for messages between the brain and the rest of the body. In a broader context, the term spine can also refer to a sharp, pointed structure in animals or plants.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spinenoun

   a sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn

2. Spinenoun

   a rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal

3. Spinenoun

   one of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish

4. Spinenoun

   the backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae

5. Spinenoun

   anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge

6. Etymology: [L. spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: cf. OF. espine, F. pine. Cf. Spike, Spinet a musical instrument, Spinny.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spine

   spīn, n. a thorn: a thin, pointed spike, esp. in fishes: the backbone of an animal: any ridge extending lengthways: the heart-wood of trees.—adjs. Spined, having spines; Spine′less, having no spine, weak; Spines′cent, somewhat spiny; Spīnif erous, bearing spines or thorns; Spī′niform, shaped like a spine or thorn; Spīnig′erous, bearing spines, as a hedgehog; Spī′nigrade, moving by means of spines, as an echinoderm.—n. Spī′niness.—adjs. Spīnirec′tor, erecting the spine of the muscles of the back; Spīnispir′ular, spiny and somewhat spiral.—ns. Spīnī′tis, inflammation of the spinal cord in the horse, &c; Spin′ney, Spin′ny, a small thicket with underwood.—adjs. Spī′nose, Spī′nous, full of spines: thorny.—ns. Spinos′ity, thorniness; Spin′ūla, Spin′ūle, a minute spine.—adjs. Spin′ūlāte, Spin′ūlōse, Spin′ūlous, covered with spinules or minute spines; Spī′ny, full of spines: thorny: troublesome: perplexed. [O. Fr. espine (Fr. épine)—L. spina, a thorn.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spine

   The spinal or vertebral column.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spine

   A structure within the body of an animal or human.

   Our spine supports our whole body so it is very important.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 29, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spine

   a sharp process: in Coccidae there are two, one each side of each segment of the pygidium.

Matched Categories

1. • Part
   • Process
   • Projection

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spine' in Nouns Frequency: #2354

Anagrams for spine »

1. epsin

2. penis

3. pines

4. snipe

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of spine in a Sentence

1. Marsha Mudge:

   I have a tumor behind my skull. I have a tumor on my sacrum. I have one on my [cervical] spine somewhere, and on my liver and my lymph node and my left breast, it’s just hard. I just, I don’t want to die.

2. Oscar Nilsson:

   Her skeleton shows she lived a hard life, her spine [may] have suffered from hard labor, resulting in a spinal condition called Schmorls nodes .

3. Erias Lukwago:

   He could not stand because his leg had been injured. He was being carried by soldiers at the military court where he has been arraigned when I saw him. He complained of pain in his spine, and we could see he has really been beaten.

4. Marina Pacheco:

   I think it was a bit of a long shot -- it looks like it tried to grab the neck of the woodpecker to break it, i think that it probably doesn't have a big enough jaw to bite through the spine of the woodpecker.

5. Randy Shelerud:

   The main advantage is that there is direct support on the mid-cervical spine with these pillows, which allows less pressure on the cervical facets in the mid spine. The airline seats force one’s head into a bit of flexion not allowing the cervical spinal musculature [ basically all muscles running along the spine ] the ability to completely relax.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spine
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spine
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=spine
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spine
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=spine
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=spine