pind

English

Alternative forms

• pin (Yorkshire)
• pynd, peynd (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (“to impound, shut up, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (“to impound”). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪnd/, /paɪnd/

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Verb

pind (third-person singular simple present pinds, present participle pinding, simple past and past participle pinded)

1. (transitive, now rare or chiefly dialectal) To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
2. (transitive, Northern England) To confine within narrow limits, constrain.

Derived terms

• pinder