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whin
noun
1 whin
Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
synonyms: furze, gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus.
Roget 367:
vegetable,
vegetable kingdom;
flora,
verdure.
plant;
tree,
shrub,
bush;
creeper;
herb,
herbage;
grass.
annual;
perennial,
biennial,
triennial;
exotic.
timber,
forest;
wood,
woodlands;
timberland;
hurst†,
frith†,
holt,
weald†,
park,
chase,
greenwood,
brake,
grove,
copse,
coppice,
bocage†,
tope,
clump of trees,
thicket,
spinet,
spinney;
underwood,
brushwood;
scrub;
boscage,
bosk†,
ceja [Sp.],
chaparal,
motte [U.S.];
arboretum
etc.
371.
bush,
jungle,
prairie;
heath,
heather;
fern,
bracken;
furze,
gorse,
whin;
grass,
turf;
pasture,
pasturage;
turbary†;
sedge,
rush,
weed;
fungus,
mushroom,
toadstool;
lichen,
moss,
conferva†,
mold;
growth;
alfalfa,
alfilaria†,
banyan;
blow,
blowth†;
floret†,
petiole;
pin grass,
timothy,
yam,
yew,
zinnia.
foliage,
branch,
bough,
ramage†,
stem,
tigella†;
spray
etc.
51;
leaf.
flower,
blossom,
bine†;
flowering plant;
timber tree,
fruit tree;
pulse,
legume.
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Dutch: brem, doornstruik, duindoorn, gaspeldoorn
Polish: kolcolist zachodni
2 whin
3 whin
Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).
synonym: whinstone.
whine
noun
1 whine
A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way.
synonym: whimper.
Roget 839:
lament,
lamentation;
wail,
complaint,
plaint,
murmur,
mutter,
grumble,
groan,
moan,
whine,
whimper,
sob,
sigh,
suspiration,
heaving,
deep sigh.
cry
etc.
(vociferation)
411;
scream,
howl;
outcry,
wail of woe,
ululation;
frown,
scowl.
tear;
weeping
etc.
v.;
flood of tears,
fit of crying,
lacrimation,
lachrymation†,
melting mood,
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
plaintiveness
etc.
adj.;
languishment†;
condolence
etc.
915.
mourning,
weeds,
willow,
cypress,
crape,
deep mourning;
sackcloth and ashes;
lachrymatory†;
knell
etc.
363;
deep death song,
dirge,
coronach†,
nenia†,
requiem,
elegy,
epicedium†;
threne†;
monody,
threnody;
jeremiad,
jeremiade†;
ullalulla†.
mourner;
grumbler
etc.
(discontent)
832;
Noobe;
Heraclitus.
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Dutch: gejengel, gekanker, gemaal, gemekker, gemier, geouwehoer, geteem, gezanik, gezeik, gezemel, gezeur, gezever, geƫmmer ... show more
verb
1 whine
Move with a whining sound.
2 whine
Talk in a tearful manner.
synonym: snivel.
Roget 839:
lament,
mourn,
deplore,
grieve,
weep over;
bewail,
bemoan;
condole with
etc.
915;
fret
etc.
(suffer)
828;
wear mourning,
go into mourning,
put on mourning;
wear the willow,
wear sackcloth and ashes;
infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]
[Vergil];
etc.
(regret)
833
give sorrow words.
sigh;
give a sigh,
heave,
fetch a sigh;
waft a sigh from Indus to the pole"
[Pope];
sigh 'like a furnace'"
[As you Like It];
wail.
cry,
weep,
sob,
greet,
blubber,
pipe,
snivel,
bibber†,
whimper,
pule;
pipe one's eye;
drop tears,
shed tears,
drop a tear,
shed a tear;
melt into tears,
burst into tears;
fondre en larmes [Fr.];
cry oneself blind,
cry one's eyes out;
yammer.
scream
etc.
(cry out)
411;
mew
etc.
(animal sounds)
412;
groan,
moan,
whine;
roar;
roar like a bull,
bellow like a bull;
cry out lustily,
rend the air.
frown,
scowl,
make a wry face,
gnash one's teeth,
wring one's hands,
tear one's hair,
beat one's breast,
roll on the ground,
burst with grief.
complain,
murmur,
mutter,
grumble,
growl,
clamor,
make a fuss about,
croak,
grunt,
maunder;
deprecate
etc.
(disapprove)
932.
cry out before one is hurt,
complain without cause.
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3 whine
Make a high-pitched, screeching noise.
synonyms: creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak.
Roget 411:
cry,
roar,
shout,
bawl,
brawl,
halloo,
halloa,
hoop,
whoop,
yell,
bellow,
howl,
scream,
screech,
screak†,
shriek,
shrill,
squeak,
squeal,
squall,
whine,
pule,
pipe,
yaup†.
cheer;
hoot;
grumble,
moan,
groan.
snore,
snort;
grunt
etc.
(animal sounds)
412.
vociferate;
raise up the voice,
lift up the voice;
call out,
sing out,
cry out;
exclaim;
rend the air;
thunder at the top of one's voice,
shout at the top of one's voice,
shout at the pitch of one's breath,
thunder at the pitch of one's breath;
s'_egosiller;
strain the throat,
strain the voice,
strain the lungs;
give a cry
etc.
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4 whine
Moby thesaurus: bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, chirp, coo, creak, crow, cry, dolorous tirade, drawl, exclaim, flute, fuss, gasp, give tongue, give voice, groan, growl, grunt, hiss, howl, jeremiad, keen, kick, lament, lilt, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, outcry, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule, repine, roar, rumble, screak, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sough, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, thunder, tirade, troat, trumpet, twang, ululate, ululation, wail, wail of woe, warble, whicker, whimper, whinny, whisper, whistle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl ... show more.
whining
Moby thesaurus: Jeremianic, acute, argute, bawling, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, blatant, complaining, complaint, creaky, crying, destructive criticism, dissent, ear-piercing, faultfinding, fretful, grievance, gripe, griping, groan, groaning, grouse, grousing, grumbling, holler, howl, howling, keen, keening, kick, kicking, lamentive, lowing, moanful, moaning, mournful, mugient, murmuring, peeve, peevish, peevishness, penetrating, pet peeve, petulance, petulant, piercing, piping, plaintive, plangent, protest, puling, querulous, querulousness, reedy, scolding, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sigh, sighing, sniping, sobbing, sorrowful, soughing, squawk, squawking, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailful, wailing, whimpering, whiny, whistling, yapping ... show more.
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