tind

T1I1N1D2
/ˈtɪnd/

verb

To ignite, kindle.

OriginMiddle English tenden ← Old English tendan →
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Meanings

tind1

verbtind (third-person singular simple present tinds, present participle tinding, simple past and past participle tinded or tind)

present singular third person tinds · participle present tinding · participle past tinded · past tinded · alternative tynd · alternative teend · alternative tine · alternative teen

  1. obsoleteTo ignite, kindle.

    Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

tind2

nountind (plural tinds)

plural tinds · alternative tynd

  1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
  2. ScotlandUKdialectalA branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.

Origin

tind · verb

  1. Old Englishtendan“to kindle”
  2. Middle Englishtenden
  3. Englishtind

From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).

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tind · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dénts“tooth, projection”
  2. Proto-Germanic*tindaz“prong, pinnacle”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*tind
  4. Old Englishtind“tine, prong, tooth”
  5. Middle Englishtind
  6. Englishtind

From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tind

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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