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Groin and Loins Definitions

Groin

(Anatomy) The crease or hollow at the junction of the inner part of each thigh with the trunk, together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.

Loins

The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips.

Groin

(Architecture) The curved edge at the junction of two intersecting vaults.

Loins

One of several cuts of meat, such as tenderloin, taken from this part of an animal's body, typically including the vertebrae of the segment from which it is taken.

Groin

A small jetty extending from a shore to protect a beach against erosion or to trap shifting sands.
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Loins

The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen.

Groin

To provide or build with groins.

Loins

The reproductive organs.

Groin

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

Loins

Plural of loin
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Groin

The area adjoining this fold or depression.
He pulled a muscle in his groin.

Loins

The pubic region.

Groin

(architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults

Loins

The reproductive organs.

Groin

(euphemistic) The genitals.
He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.

Loins

The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

Groin

(geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.

Loins

The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen

Groin

To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
In the scrum he somehow got groined.
She groined him and ran to the car.

Groin

(architecture) To build with groins.

Groin

To hollow out; to excavate.

Groin

To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

Groin

The snout of a swine.

Groin

The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

Groin

The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

Groin

The surface formed by two such vaults.

Groin

A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.

Groin

To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
Bears that groined coatinually.

Groin

To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
The hand that rounded Peter's dome,And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,Wrought in a sad sincerity.

Groin

The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals

Groin

A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

Groin

Build with groins;
The ceiling was groined

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