Chin
[tʃɪn]
Definition
(noun.) the protruding part of the lower jaw.
(verb.) raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar.
Typed by Connie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
(n.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
Editor: Stanton
Definition
adj. mottled in appearance the warp being dyed in different colours or from threads of different colours twisted together.
n. the jutting part of the face below the mouth.—Up to the chin deeply immersed.
Editor: Rosanne
Examples
- He took my chin in his large hand and turned up my face to have a look at me by the light of the candle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the grasp of his hand her chin was unutterably soft and silken. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then the chin dropped musingly upon the hand again. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She looked at him as he stood waiting, his black coat buttoned to the chin, his cap pulled down, his boots in his hand. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Ti imparano fare brutte cose, brutte cose--' She lifted the Mino's white chin on her forefinger, slowly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As if her eyes and her chin worked together on the same wires. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Below this repulsive orifice the face was quite blank to the chin, for the thing had no mouth that I could discover. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He laid it between us on the table; and, with his chin resting on one hand, tracked his course upon it with the other. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This man was lying flat on his face, reaching carefully up with his hands to put a rock in place while keeping his chin flat against the ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Jobling, Mr. Guppy, and Mr. Smallweed all lean their elbows on the table and their chins upon their hands, and look at the ceiling. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She threw back her head with a laugh that made her chins ripple like little waves. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He was mooning about, I suppose, taking liberties with people's chins; but there he was, somehow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And it did indeed cause him some difficulty about the fit of his satin stocks, for which chins were at that time useful. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They were all eating, holding their chins close over the basin, tipping their heads back, sucking in the ends. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Andrea