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Webster 1913 Edition
Groin
Groin
,Verb.
I.
[F.
grogner
to grunt, grumble.] To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Bears that
groined
coatinually. Spenser.
Groin
,Noun.
[Icel.
grein
distinction, division, branch; akin to Sw. gren
, branch, space between the legs, Icel. greina
to distinguish, divide, Sw. grena
to branch, straddle. Cf. Grain
a branch.] 1.
(Anat.)
The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
2.
(Arch.)
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
3.
(Math.)
The surface formed by two such vaults.
4.
A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
[Eng.]
Weale.
Groin
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Groined
(groind)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Groining
.] (Arch.)
To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
The hand that rounded Peter’s dome,
And
Wrought in a sad sincerity.
And
groined
the aisles of Christian Rome,Wrought in a sad sincerity.
Emerson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Groin
GROIN
, n.1.
The depressed part of the human body between the belly and the thigh.2.
Among builders, the angular curve made by the intersection of two semi-cylinders or arches.3.
The snout or nose of a swine.GROIN
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
groin
groin
English
Noun
groin (plural groins)
- The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- He pulled a muscle in his groin.
- (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- (euphemistic) The genitals.
- He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
- (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
Coordinate terms
Translations
long narrow depression of the human body that separates the trunk from the legs
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anatomical feature
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Verb
groin (third-person singular simple present groins, present participle groining, simple past and past participle groined)
- To deliver a blow to the genitals.
- In the scrum he somehow got groined.
- She groined him and ran to the car.
- (architecture) To build with groins.
Etymology 2
French grogner (“to grunt, grumble”).
Verb
groin (third-person singular simple present groins, present participle groining, simple past and past participle groined)
- To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- Spenser
- bears that groined continually
Anagrams
Etymology 3
Noun
groin (plural groins)
- Alternative spelling of groyne