din

«din» in Mova's school dictionary: A loud, long, unpleasant noise, often from many sounds… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a din, uncountable in general)

meaning for a pupil

1) A loud, long, unpleasant noise, often from many sounds together. tree →

2) (verb, rare: din, dins, dinned, dinning) To din something into someone means to make them learn it by repeating it again and again. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life a din is the noise of a busy playground, a building site or a crowded canteen; it tells the reader the place is noisy and hard to think in; phrases: «make a din», «above the din», «what a din!», «din it into someone».

examples

• The children made a terrible din in the dining hall. tree →
• We could hardly hear the teacher above the din. tree →
• What a din! Turn that music down! tree →
• The din of the traffic kept me awake. tree →
• The parrots made a great din at dawn. tree →
• Mum dinned it into us to look both ways before crossing. tree →
• The din of hammers came from next door. tree →

note

Usually «a din» or «the din»; no plural in normal use. Short and old word. Not the same as «dinner»; and «din-dins» is baby talk for dinner.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «din» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.