Used in a Sentence

tine

How to use tine in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for tine.

Editorial note

And what if a fork bent or lost a tine?

Examples9
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tine gathered in one view.

noun

prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tine.

noun

prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

Example sentences

1

And what if a fork bent or lost a tine?

2

The matching brace is in a string, in another command, on the next tine!

3

With a round and a flat file you can turn a rake tine into a pick in 15 minutes.

4

If you can find street-sweeper tines, you can bend them to make good turning wrenches.

5

It just feels to risky to put that tine edge close to your knees; the screen would drop on the floor too easily.

6

In theory they must "pay dividends", thats any tine except for infinite, otherwise stocks would be worthless.

7

The inspections take an extended period of tine during which the plane isn't earning any money.

8

I had a really hard tine getting any significant adoption of Node because running it on Windows was difficult.

9

I'll also spend a lot of tine manually verifying the code, and using alot of external analysis and verification tools, so restricted C++ is fine in that case.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tine in a sentence?

And what if a fork bent or lost a tine?

What does tine mean?

prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

What part of speech is tine?

tine is commonly used as noun.