Definitions for LINT
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lintnoun

   fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

2. lintnoun

   cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lintnoun

   a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds

2. lintnoun

   clinging fuzzy fluff that accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc

3. lintnoun

   the fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lintnoun

   Etymology: linteum, Latin; llin, Welsh and Erse.

   1. The soft substance commonly called flax.2. Linen scraped into soft woolly substance to lay on sores.

   I dressed them up with unguentum basilici cum vitello ovi, upon pledgits of lint. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lint

   Lint refers to fluff, dust, or other small fragments of fabric that get detached from textiles due to usage or wear and tear. It is usually accumulated in places like clothes dryer filters or pockets. In computing, 'lint' or 'linters' are tools that analyze source code to flag errors, bugs, or non-compliant styles.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lintnoun

   flax

2. Lintnoun

   linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics

3. Etymology: [AS. lnet flax, hemp, fr. ln flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint. See Linen.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lint

   lint, n. linen scraped into a soft woolly substance for dressing wounds: raw cotton ready for baling. [L. linteus—linum, linen.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lint

   [from Unix's lint(1), named for the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs] 1. vt. To examine a program closely for style, language usage, and portability problems, esp. if in C, esp. if via use of automated analysis tools, most esp. if the Unix utility lint(1) is used. This term used to be restricted to use of lint(1) itself, but (judging by references on Usenet) it has become a shorthand for any exhaustive review process at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than C. Also as v. delint. 2. n. Excess verbiage in a document, as in “This draft has too much lint”.

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1. LINT

   What does LINT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LINT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LINT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lint is ranked #13713 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lint surname appeared 2,207 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Lint.
   
   95.2% or 2,103 total occurrences were White.
   1.7% or 39 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
   0.2% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Fabric
   • Fiber

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Anagrams for LINT »

1. int'l

2. intl.

How to pronounce LINT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say LINT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of LINT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of LINT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=LINT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lint
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=LINT
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LINT
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=LINT
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Lint
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=LINT