tin
/tɪn/ verb C2- To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
- To cover with tin.
- To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
- To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire
He/she/it tins · Past tinned · Past participle tinned · -ing form tinning
Verb forms
- Base form
- tin
- He/she/it
- tins
- Past
- tinned
- Past participle
- tinned
- -ing form
- tinning
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Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog--to and fro on the floor, up and down, and around in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.
## Chapter V The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.
Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.
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