kin

«kin» in Mova's school dictionary: your family and relatives — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (kin — plural only); adjective (kin — formal, «related»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Kin means your family and relatives. tree →

2) Next of kin is your closest relative, often named on forms for emergencies. tree →

3) (old-fashioned) Kin can mean people or animals of the same kind. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and history, kings and clans protected their kin; on forms, «next of kin»; in science, related animals; phrases: kith and kin (friends and family), next of kin.

examples

• The hospital called his next of kin. tree →
• They gathered all their kin for the wedding. tree →
• Kith and kin means friends and relatives. tree →
• Wolves protect their kin. tree →
• She is my kin; we share a great-grandmother. tree →

note

Takes a plural verb: «My kin are coming». Not «a kin». Related: kinship, kinsfolk. Old-fashioned and formal words in many uses.

In the corpora

• "kIn" means horse, and "kOnyk" means pony or little horse.
• None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness.

Trees and pragmatics

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