LIN

Lin, Maya Lin

(noun) United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Lin

A surname of Chinese origin (see: 林)

A male or female given name

Anagrams

• -nil-, NIL, nil

Etymology 1

Verb

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past lan or linned, past participle lun or linned)

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop to cease.

Etymology 2

Noun

lin (plural lins)

Alternative spelling of linn

Etymology 3

Noun

lin (plural lins)

(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, especially, in compounds) Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”)

Anagrams

• -nil-, NIL, nil

Source: Wiktionary

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Lin, v. i. Etym: [AS. linnan. See Lithe.]

Definition: To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] Marsion.

Lin, n. Etym: [Ir. linn, or Gael. linne; akin to W. llyn a pool, pond, lake, but in senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS.hlynn torrent. Cf. Dunlin.]

1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.

2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.

3. A steep ravine.

Note: Written also linn and lyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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