n.

1. 1. The front part of the leg below the knee and above the ankle.
   2. The shinbone.
2. The lower foreleg in beef cattle. Used of cuts of meat.

v., shinned, shin·ning, shins.

v.tr.

1. To climb (a rope or pole, for example) by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs.
2. To kick or hit in the shins.

v.intr.

1. To climb something by shinning it.
2. To move quickly on foot.

[Middle English shine, from Old English scinu.]

shin² (shēn, shĭn)
n.

The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

[Hebrew šîn, of Phoenician origin.]

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In horses, the large metacarpal and metatarsal bones, especially the dorsal surface.

• bucked s's — see sore shins (below).
• sore s's — periostitis of the shins seen most commonly in 2- and 3-year-old thoroughbreds in hard training, mostly in the forelimbs. The horse is lame and worsens with work. In severe cases an enlargement is visible.

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IN BRIEF: The front of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

Hitting your shin on something is very painful.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - skinneben
v. tr. - sparke over skinnebenet, klatre op i
v. intr. - klatre op, bruge skankerne

idioms:

• shin up    klatre op i

2.
n. - det 22. bogstav i det hebraiske alfabet

Nederlands (Dutch)
scheen, klauteren

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Anat) tibia
v. tr. - grimper, donner un coup de pied dans le tibia
v. intr. - grimper

idioms:

• shin up    grimper à (un arbre)

2.
n. - shin (vingt-deuxième lettre de l'alphabet hébraïque)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Schienbein
v. - klettern

idioms:

• shin up    hinaufklettern

2.
n. - 22. Buchstabe des hebräischen Alphabets

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) κνημιαία ακρολοφία (κν. καλάμι)
v. - σκαρφαλώνω, περπατώ βαριά, δίνω καλαμιά

idioms:

• shin up    σκαρφαλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
stinco

idioms:

• shin up    arrampicarsi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - canela da perna (f) (anat).
v. - subir, escalar

idioms:

• shin up    subir em árvores/postes

Русский (Russian)
голень, голяшка, карабкаться, ударять по голени

idioms:

• shin up    влезать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - espinilla
v. tr. - trepar
v. intr. - trepar, andar, correr, andar pidiendo dinero prestado

idioms:

• shin up    trepar, encaramarse

2.
n. - vigésimo segunda letra del abecedario hebreo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skenben, smalben
v. - klättra uppför, klättra, sparka ngn på smalbenet

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 胫部, 胫骨, 踢的胫, 攀, 爬, 快步走

idioms:

• shin up    爬上

2. 希伯来语的地22个字母

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 脛部, 脛骨
v. tr. - 踢的脛, 攀, 爬
v. intr. - 攀, 爬, 快步走

idioms:

• shin up    爬上

2.
n. - 希伯來語的地22個字母

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 정강이, 정강이 뼈, 소의 정강이 살
v. tr. - 기어오르다, 정강이를 차다
v. intr. - 기어오르다, (달라 붙으며) 내려가다, 바삐 돌아다니다

idioms:

• shin up    기어오르다

2.
n. - 헤브루 알파벳의 22번째 글자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 向こうずね, 脛, すねの骨
v. - よじ登る

idioms:

• shin guard    すね当て
• shin up    よじ登る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألقصبه, ألظنوب " عظم ألساق ألاكبر وبخاصه حافته ألحادة (فعل) يرفس على مقدم ألساق, يعترش " يتسلق شجرة أو صاريا بأن يطوقها بذراعيه وساقه "‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צידה הקדמי של הרגל מתחת לברך, בשר-שוק של פרה‬
v. tr. - ‮טיפס בהצמדת זרועותיו וברגליו, עלה על‬
v. intr. - ‮טיפס, עלה על‬
n. - ‮האות העברית שין‬

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