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tind.

To ignite, kindle.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtɪnd/
  1. To ignite, kindle.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).

noun
  1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.

  2. A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.

    Scotland · UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.

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