Sinhala Dictionary definitions for shin
shin 🔊 /ʃɪˈn/
shin : තනිදඬු ඇටය
shin : කකුලේ ඇටය
shin : පස් පෝරු තලය
shin : කකුල
shin definition
Noun.
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
- A fish plate for rails.
Intransitive verb.
- To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.
- To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
Transitive verb. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.