crine

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/kɹaɪn/

verb

To wither, wilt, shrivel.

“I'm crine 😭”

OriginScots crine ← Scottish Gaelic crìon ← Old Irish crín →
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Meanings

crine1

verbcrine (third-person singular simple present crines, present participle crining, simple past and past participle crined)

present singular third person crines · participle present crining · participle past crined · past crined

  1. ScotlandintransitiveTo wither, wilt, shrivel.

crine2

nouncrine (countable and uncountable, plural crines)

plural crines

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableHair of the head.

crine3

verb
  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of crying, representing African-American Vernacular English

    I'm crine 😭

Origin

crine · verb

  1. Old Irishcrín
  2. Scottish Gaeliccrìon“withered”
  3. Scotscrine“to shrivel”
  4. Englishcrine

From Scots crine (“to shrivel”), from Scottish Gaelic crìon (“withered”), from Old Irish crín.

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crine · noun

  1. Latincrīnis“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”
  2. Italiancrine
  3. Middle Frenchcrine
  4. Englishcrine

From Middle French crine (whence also French crin), Italian crine, or directly from Latin crīnis (“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crine

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

crine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crine

MLA

“crine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crine.

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