An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
WHINES
Noun
whines
plural of whine
Anagrams
• Hewins, newish
Source: Wiktionary
WHINE
Whine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whined; p. pr. & vb. n. Whining.] Etym: [OE. whinen, AS. hwinan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hvina, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wihn, hweijn; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
Definition: To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to mean with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining plovers." Spenser. The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine Shak.
Whine, v. t.
Definition: To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
Whine, n.
Definition: A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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