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kinSource: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. Also Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n). [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Kin \Kin\, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 -kin \-kin\ (-k[i^]n) suff. [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.] A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Kin \Kin\, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born, Skr. jan to beget. [root]44. Cf. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation.] 1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. [1913 Webster] 2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race. [1913 Webster] The father, mother, and the kin beside. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Kin Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
kin
adj : related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate,
consanguine, consanguineous, kin(p)]
n 1: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin";
"he's family" [syn: kinsperson, family]
2: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin
group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 121 Moby Thesaurus words for "kin": agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bracket, branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, category, character, clan, clansman, class, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, color, connections, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, cousinhood, denomination, description, designation, distaff side, distant relation, division, enate, estate, family, feather, flesh, flesh and blood, folk, folks, form, genre, genus, german, grade, grain, group, grouping, head, heading, ilk, kidney, kind, kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, label, level, line, lineage, lot, make, manner, mark, mold, nature, near relation, next of kin, number, order, people, persuasion, phylum, pigeonhole, position, posterity, predicament, race, rank, rating, related, relation, relations, relatives, rubric, section, sept, set, shape, sib, sibling, sort, spear kin, spear side, species, spindle kin, spindle side, stamp, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, stripe, style, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, sword side, the like of, the likes of, title, tribe, tribesman, type, uterine kin, variety Matching Word(s) -in Ki Kain Kiln kirn Kind Kine King Kink Kino Akin Skin ain Bin Din Fin Gin Hin Jin Lin min nin Pin Sin Tin Win Yin -zin kan Ken Kon Kid Kie Kip Kit in ki kiln kina kind kine king kink kino akin skin bin din fin gin hin pin sin tin win yin ken kid kip kit kni iin uin knn kif kir kn kis Zin Kir Ain IN KING MIN PIN Kim
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