Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shin
Participle: shinned
Gerund: shinning
Indicative
Present
| I | shin |
| you | shin |
| he;she;it | shins |
| we | shin |
| you | shin |
| they | shin |
Perfect
| I | have shinned |
| you | have shinned |
| he;she;it | has shinned |
| we | have shinned |
| you | have shinned |
| they | have shinned |
Past
| I | shinned |
| you | shinned |
| he;she;it | shinned |
| we | shinned |
| you | shinned |
| they | shinned |
Pluperfect
| I | had shinned |
| you | had shinned |
| he;she;it | had shinned |
| we | had shinned |
| you | had shinned |
| they | had shinned |
Future
| I | will shin |
| you | will shin |
| he;she;it | will shin |
| we | will shin |
| you | will shin |
| they | will shin |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shinned |
| you | will have shinned |
| he;she;it | will have shinned |
| we | will have shinned |
| you | will have shinned |
| they | will have shinned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shin |
| you | shin |
| he;she;it | shin |
| we | shin |
| you | shin |
| they | shin |
Perfect
| I | have shinned |
| you | have shinned |
| he;she;it | have shinned |
| we | have shinned |
| you | have shinned |
| they | have shinned |
Imperfect
| I | shinned |
| you | shinned |
| he;she;it | shinned |
| we | shinned |
| you | shinned |
| they | shinned |
Pluperfect
| I | had shinned |
| you | had shinned |
| he;she;it | had shinned |
| we | had shinned |
| you | had shinned |
| they | had shinned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shin |
| you | would shin |
| he;she;it | would shin |
| we | would shin |
| you | would shin |
| they | would shin |
Perfect
| I | would have shinned |
| you | would have shinned |
| he;she;it | would have shinned |
| we | would have shinned |
| you | would have shinned |
| they | would have shinned |
Imperative
| you | shin |
| we | Let's shin |
| you | shin |
Verbs conjugated like 'shin'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shin'
chin,
sain,
shim,
shine,
shink,
ship,
shit,
shiv,
shun,
sin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin. See: Dutch '
scheen'.
Sample Sentences
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to shin up a mast
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"The minute the door is shut he shins down a water-pipe, hops on his motor-cycle, and is off at full speed." [1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 33:]
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The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner. [2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:]
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The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take. [1845 December 13, New York Commercial Advertiser:]