'Spine' definitions:
Definition of 'spine'
(from WordNet)
noun
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis]
noun
noun
A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf [syn: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet]
noun
The part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" [syn: spine, backbone]
noun
A sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
Definition of 'Spine'
From: GCIDE
- Spine \Spine\, n. [L. spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: cf. OF. espine, F. ['e]pine. Cf. Spike, Spinet a musical instrument, Spinny.]
- 1. (Bot.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal. (b) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- barb,
- barbel,
- barbule,
- bearer,
- bilge,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- boss,
- bow,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- bramble,
- brassiere,
- brier,
- bristle,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- burr,
- button,
- buttress,
- cactus,
- cahot,
- cane,
- carrier,
- catchweed,
- cervix,
- chine,
- cleavers,
- clump,
- col,
- comb,
- condyle,
- convex,
- corset,
- crook,
- crutch,
- dowel,
- ear,
- esker,
- flange,
- flap,
- foundation garment,
- fulcrum,
- gall,
- girdle,
- gnarl,
- goose grass,
- guy,
- guywire,
- handle,
- hill,
- hogback,
- horseback,
- hump,
- hunch,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- jog,
- joggle,
- kame,
- knob,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- lip,
- loop,
- lump,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mast,
- mole,
- mountain,
- neck,
- needle,
- nettle,
- nevus,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- pine needle,
- prickle,
- prong,
- prop,
- quill,
- rachis,
- ray,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rib,
- ridge,
- rigging,
- ring,
- saddle,
- saddleback,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- spicula,
- spicule,
- spiculum,
- spike,
- spikelet,
- spinal column,
- spinal cord,
- sprit,
- spur,
- staff,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- sticker,
- stiffener,
- strengthener,
- stud,
- style,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- tab,
- thistle,
- thorn,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- upholder,
- verruca,
- vertebrae,
- vertebral column,
- vesicle,
- wale,
- walking stick,
- wart,
- welt,
- yucca