Tined

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of tine form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Furnished with tines. not-comparable

    "a three-tined fork"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having prongs or tines; usually used in combination wordnet

Synonyms

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prongedacanthoidacanthousacicularacuateaculeate

Example

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"And the Gray Men, with their eyes fixed upon their master, nodded all their hundred heads and put their hands upon the dangerous three-tined forks that were stuck in every one of the hundred belts."

Etymology

From tine + -ed.

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