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Gin (Verb)

Meaning 1

Trap with a snare; "gin game".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The rabbit was gin'd by the hunter's trap and could not escape.
  • The notorious thief was known to gin his targets with fake lotteries before stealing their valuables.
  • The hunter's strategy was to gin the unsuspecting deer with the bait laid out in front of the trap.
  • The trap set by the animal control was intended to gin the raccoon without harming it.
  • In the classic play "The Gin Game," the elderly characters engage in a series of mind games instead of the actual card game.

Hypernyms

  • Entrap
  • Ensnare
  • Snare
  • Trammel

Related Words

  • Gin (noun)

Meaning 2

Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The machine was designed to gin the cotton more efficiently, increasing production and reducing labor costs.
  • The new cotton gin was able to gin the cotton more effectively than the old one, resulting in higher profits for the farm.
  • Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to make it easier to gin the seeds from the cotton fibers.
  • Farmers rely heavily on the cotton gin to gin the seeds from the harvested cotton before processing.
  • The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry by making it possible to easily gin the seeds from the fibers.

Hypernyms

  • Part
  • Disunite
  • Divide

Related Words

  • Gin (noun)
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