spine

[Spine]

Your spine is your backbone. When you sit and stand with your spine straight, people will compliment you on your good posture.

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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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

Noun
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"

Noun
a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

Noun
any pointed projection


n.
A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

n.
A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.

n.
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.

n.
The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.

n.
Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.


Spine

Spine , n. [L. spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: cf. OF. espine, F. '82pine. Cf. Spike, Spinet a musical instrument, Spinny.] 1. (Bot.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn. 2. (Zo'94l.) (a) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal. (b) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish. 3. (Anat.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebr'91. 4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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Usage Examples

This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. It's tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know?

It seems to me that romantic comedies used to be about falling in love, but in recent years they've really become just comedies where the love story is only there as a spine to hang the jokes on.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

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