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spine

(spīn)

1. The spinal column of a vertebrate.

2. Zoology Any of various pointed projections, processes, or appendages of animals.

3. Botany

a. A strong, sharp-pointed outgrowth derived from a leaf or leaf part.

b. Any of various similar sharp structures, such as a thorn.

4. Something that resembles or suggests a backbone, as:

a. The hinged back of a book.

b. The crest of a ridge.

5. Strength of character; courage or willpower.

[Middle English, from Old French espine, from Latin spīna.]

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spine

(spaɪn)

1. (Anatomy) the spinal column

2. (Botany) the sharply pointed tip or outgrowth of a leaf, stem, etc

3. (Zoology) zoology a hard pointed process or structure, such as the ray of a fin, the quill of a porcupine, or the ridge on a bone

4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the back of a book, etc

5. (Physical Geography) a ridge, esp of a hill

6. strength of endurance, will, etc

7. anything resembling the spinal column in function or importance; main support or feature

[C14: from Old French espine spine, from Latin spīna thorn, backbone]

spined adj

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spine

(spaɪn)

n.

1. spinal column.

2. a hard, sharp-pointed outgrowth on a plant; thorn.

3. a stiff-pointed bone, process, or appendage, as the quill of a porcupine or the sharp rays in the fin of certain fishes.

4. resolution or courage; backbone.

5. a ridge, as of ground or rock.

6. the back of a book binding, usu. indicating the title and author.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin spīna thorn, backbone]

spine

(spīn)

1. See vertebral column.

2. A sharp-pointed projection on a plant, especially a hard, narrow modified leaf, as on a cactus. See more at leaf. See Notes at cactus, thorn.

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Noun	1.	spine - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" spinal column, vertebral column, rachis, backbone, back notochord - a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates chine - backbone of an animal canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal - the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes coccyx, tail bone - the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes vertebra - one of the bony segments of the spinal column intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) skeletal structure - any structure created by the skeleton of an organism axial skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs
	2.	spine - any sharply pointed projection acantha, spur projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
	3.	spine - a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf pricker, prickle, spikelet, sticker, thorn aculeus - a stiff sharp-pointed plant process glochid, glochidium - a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)
	4.	spine - the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" backbone book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
	5.	spine - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin ray - any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish quill - a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"

spine

noun

1. backbone, vertebrae, spinal column, vertebral column fractures of the hip and spine

2. barb, spur, needle, spike, ray, quill, rachis Carry a pair of thick gloves to protect you from hedgehog spines.

3. determination, resolution, backbone, resolve, drive, conviction, fortitude, persistence, tenacity, perseverance, willpower, firmness, constancy, single-mindedness, steadfastness, doggedness, resoluteness, indomitability If you had any spine, you wouldn't let her walk all over you like that.

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spine

noun

A sharp, pointed object:

needle, prick, prickle, thorn.

Translations

حَسَك، شَوكَهظَهْر الكِتابعَمود فِقْريعَمُودٌ فَقَرِيّ

páteřhřbetostentrnbodlina

rygradrygrygsøjletornpig

Rücken Rückgrat Stachel Wirbelsäule

ραχοκοκαλιά

espina espina dorsal lomo columna vertebral

selkärankaoaspiikkiselkä

épine colonne vertébrale dos piquant

kralježnica

hryggurkjölurbroddur, òyrnir

spina dorsale dorso midollo spinale spina colonna vertebrale

脊椎

척추

bestuburisnugarėlėstuburasstuburostuburo smegenys

mugurkaulsadatamuguramuguriņa

корешок позвоночник хребет

pichliač

hrbtenica

ryggradtaggrygg

กระดูกสันหลัง

bel kemiğibelkemiği diken iğne ok

cột sống

脊柱脊椎刺脊

spine

[spaɪn] N

1. (Anat) (= backbone) → columna f (vertebral), espina f dorsal

2. (Zool) (= spike) → púa f, pincho m (Bot) → espina f, pincho m

3. [of book] → lomo m

4. [of mountain range] → espinazo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spine

[ˈspaɪn] n

(= backbone) [person, animal] → colonne f vertébrale

[book] → dos m

(= spike) [plant] → épine f, piquant m; [hedgehog, porcupine] → piquant mspine-chilling [ˈspaɪntʃɪlɪŋ] adj → à vous glacer le sang

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spine

(Anat) → Rückgrat nt; (of book) → (Buch)rücken m; (of mountain range) → (Gebirgs)grat m

(= spike) → Stachel m; (of plant) → Dorn m, → Stachel m

spine

spine-chiller

n (inf) → Gruselgeschichte f, → Gruselfilm m

spine-chilling

adj (inf) → schaurig, gruselig; noise also → unheimlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

spine

[spaɪn] n (Anat) → spina dorsale (Zool) → aculeo (Bot) → spina; (of book) → dorso; (of mountain range) → cresta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spine

(spain) noun

1. the line of linked bones running down the back of humans and many animals; the backbone. She damaged her spine when she fell.

2. something like a backbone in shape or function. the spine of a book.

3. a thin, stiff, pointed part growing on an animal or a plant.

ˈspinal adjective

of or concerned with the backbone. a spinal injury.

ˈspineless adjective

1. of an animal, having no spine; invertebrate.

2. of a person, having a weak character; easily dominated.

ˈspiny adjective

full of, or covered with, spines. a spiny cactus.

spinal cord

a cord of nerve cells running up through the backbone.

spine

→ عَمُودٌ فَقَرِيّ páteř rygrad Wirbelsäule ραχοκοκαλιά espina dorsal selkäranka colonne vertébrale kralježnica spina dorsale 脊椎 척추 ruggengraat ryggrad kręgosłup espinha dorsal позвоночник ryggrad กระดูกสันหลัง belkemiği cột sống 脊柱

spine

n. columna o espina vertebral;

pop. espinazo.

spine

n columna (vertebral); (thorn) espina; cervical — columna cervical; lumbar — columna lumbar; lumbosacral — columna lumbosacra; thoracic — columna dorsal or torácica

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They then fell upon each other's neck and wept scalding rills down each other's spine in token of their banishment to the Realm of Ineffable Bosh.

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Grown careless from months of continued safety, during which time he had seen no dangerous animals during the daylight hours, he had left his rifles and revolvers all within the little cabin, and now that he saw the great ape crashing through the underbrush directly toward him, and from a direction which practically cut him off from escape, he felt a vague little shiver play up and down his spine.

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Another point was the forward carriage of the head and the clumsy and inhuman curvature of the spine. Even the Ape-man lacked that inward sinuous curve of the back which makes the human figure so graceful.

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Every rib could be counted and every joint of the spine, though Mistress Mary did not count them as she bent over and examined them with a solemn savage little face.

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He gurgled wordlessly, and Claire went on, her low, sad voice mingling with the moonlight in a manner that caused thrills to run up and down his spine. He felt paralyzed.

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Bear in mind, too, that under these untoward circumstances he has to cut many feet deep in the flesh; and in that subterraneous manner, without so much as getting one single peep into the ever-contracting gash thus made, he must skilfully steer clear of all adjacent, interdicted parts, and exactly divide the spine at a critical point hard by its insertion into the skull.

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These images of voluptuousness made him clench his fists, and a shiver run along his spine.

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[5] The elater, when placed on its back and preparing to spring, moved its head and thorax backwards, so that the pectoral spine was drawn out, and rested on the edge of its sheath.

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The prow of the boat is partially unbroken, and is drawn just balancing upon the monster's spine; and standing in that prow, for that one single incomputable flash of time, you behold an oarsman, half shrouded by the incensed boiling spout of the whale, and in the act of leaping, as if from a precipice.

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A cold shiver ran down his spine. He rose quickly, went out of the shed, and began to walk about.

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Seeing Alexey Alexandrovitch with his Petersburg face and severely self-confident figure, in his round hat, with his rather prominent spine, he believed in him, and was aware of a disagreeable sensation, such as a man might feel tortured by thirst, who, on reaching a spring, should find a dog, a sheep, or a pig, who has drunk of it and muddied the water.

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Once astride the bull's neck, I drew my long stone knife and, setting the point carefully over the brute's spine, drove it home with both hands.