groin
SubstantivVerbVerbSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- Irland//ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n//
- //ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n//
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
Substantiv
- 1
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick.
- 2
The area adjoining this fold or depression.
He pulled a muscle in his groin.
- 3
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- 4
The surface formed by two such vaults.
- 5
The genitals.
He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
My friend […] discovered in his early teen years a passion for both men and opera. He frequented the Met to satisfy his ear but had little knowledge or experience of where to find partners and satisfy his groin.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *grunduz Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-Germanic *-ją Proto-Germanic *grundiją Proto-West Germanic *grundī Old English grynde Middle English grinde English grine English loininflu. English groin From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.
Verb
- 1
To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
In the scrum he somehow got groined.
She groined him and ran to the car.
- 2
To build or furnish with a groin or groins.
- 3
To hollow out; to excavate.
Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.
Verb
- 1
To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,
Beares, that groynd continually
Herkunft
From Middle English groynen, from a mixture of Old French groignier, grougnier (from Latin grunniō) and Old English grunnian (from Proto-Germanic *grunnōną).
Substantiv
- 1
Variante von groyneUS standard spelling of groyne.
Formen
- Plural
- groins
- Präteritum
- groined
- Partizip II
- groined
- Partizip I
- groining
- 3. Person Singular
- groins
groin · The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
groom · A man who is about to marry.Groom · An English surname originating as an occupation for a servant.grooming · Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.