Tined [adjective]

Definition of Tined:

knifelike, cutting

Synonyms of Tined:

● Acute

● Pointed

● Stinging

● Keen

● Salient

● Fine

● Tapering

● Barbed

● Jagged

● Peaked

● Prickly

● Serrated

● Spiked

● Thorny

● Aciculate

● Acuminate

● Cuspate

● Cuspidate

● Pointy

● Razor-sharp

● Spiny

● Acuate

● Acuminous

● Apical

● Briery

● Ground fine

● Honed

● Horned

● Keen-edged

● Knife-edged

● Needle-pointed

● Needlelike

● Pronged

● Sharp-edged

● Spiky

● Splintery

● Tapered

● Tipped

● Unblunted

● Whetted


Opposite/Antonyms of Tined:

● Tasteless

● Low

● Flat

● Bland

● Nice

● Unstylish

● Undefined

● Moderate

● Mild

● Calm

● Slow

● Dull

● Blunt

● Kind

● Benevolent

● Old-fashioned

● Boring

● Indistinct

● Indefinite

● Honest

● Frank

● Forthright

● Aboveboard

● Unintelligent

● Stupid

● Ignorant

● Lazy


Sentence/Example of Tined:

When the three-tined fork was the only one in common use, the blade of the knife was much more in requisition than now.

His cup and plate and saucer were of tin, and his cutlery was an iron spoon, a three-tined fork and a hunting dagger.

Well grown is when the head is of great beam and is well affeted and thick tined, well high and well opened (spread).

This implement does not turn over the soil, and may be properly classed as a one-tined cultivator.

When Yang Oerlang heard this he took his three-tined spear, and hastened to his temple.

I never think of the Devil as that atrocious creature in red tights, with cloven hoofs and a tail and a two-tined fork.

Then he ordered Field-Marshal Eel to fetch in a nine-tined fork, which weighed three thousand six hundred pounds.

The long, many-tined antlers, the sharp front hoofs would not avail him in a surprise attack such as this would be.

These are single-tined, though in rare instances they are bifurcated.

For sweet dishes to be flavored with lemon or orange, score the rind of the fruit lightly with a sharp-tined fork.