CHINE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chine mean? 

• CHINE (noun)
  The noun CHINE has 2 senses:

1. cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
2. backbone of an animal

  Familiarity information: CHINE used as a noun is rare.

• CHINE (verb)
  The verb CHINE has 1 sense:

1. cut through the backbone of an animal

  Familiarity information: CHINE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINE (noun)

Meaning:

Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("chine" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Meaning:

Backbone of an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chine" is a kind of...):

back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)

• CHINE (verb)

Meaning:

Cut through the backbone of an animal

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "chine" is one way to...):

butcher; slaughter (kill (animals) usually for food consumption)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something