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pind

/pɪnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
pind
IPA
/pɪnd/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To confine within narrow limits, constrain.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (“to impound, shut up, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (“to impound”). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pinds (present, singular) pinding (participle, present) pinded (participle, past) pinded (past) pin (alternative, Yorkshire) pynd (alternative, Scotland) peynd (alternative, Scotland)

Derived Forms

pinder

Homonyms

pinned poind

Questions

How do you pronounce pind?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɪnd/.
What does pind mean?
To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
Where does pind come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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