Associations to the word «Tine»

Wiktionary

TINE, noun. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb
TINE, noun. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn
TINE, noun. (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
TINE, verb. To kindle; to set on fire.
TINE, verb. (obsolete) To rage; to smart.
TINE, verb. To shut in, or enclose.

Dictionary definition

TINE, noun. Prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne