lind

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/lɪnd/

noun

The lime tree, or linden tree.

OriginMiddle English lind ← Old English lind ← Proto-West Germanic *lindu →
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Meanings

lind1

nounlind (plural linds)

plural linds

  1. obsoleteThe lime tree, or linden tree.

    "And 'twere better for thee in the hill to be, And thy bride-dress finish sewing, Than sit under the lind and with runès-lay, A Christian man's heart to thee win."

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167

Lind2

proper noun

alternative Lynds

  1. A surname.

Origin

lind · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*lindō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*lindu
  3. Old Englishlind
  4. Middle Englishlind
  5. Englishlind

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu, from Proto-Germanic *lindō. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

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Lind · proper noun

* As an English, North German, Dutch, and North Germanic surname, from lind (“lime tree”). * As a South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective lind (“gentle”). * As a Yiddish surname, variant of Linde.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lind

endwindIndgrindpinnedskinnedrescindSindhdownwindtinnedupwindfinnedbinnedchinnedabscindclose to the windexscindsail close to the windswindtindtrade wind
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Sounds the same

lend (pin–pen merger)
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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