Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: canine
IPA transcription: [k'eɪn,aɪn]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: canine
    Meaning: of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
  • Synonyms: canine, laniary
    Meaning: of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: canine, canid
    Meaning: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
  • Synonyms: canine, canine_tooth, eyetooth, eye_tooth, dogtooth, cuspid
    Meaning: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Usage examples
  • "The Master's will is sweet," said the Dog-man, with the ready tact of his canine blood.
  • There is as much difference between the hunting of an animal of the cat-kind and that of one of the canine order, as there is between the skilled tactics of German warfare, and the wild rush to battle of Arab cavalry.
  • It is very easy to carry off a slight indisposition by gentle purgatives and a reformed diet: whilst confirmed disease is often difficult to combat, as few of the canine race can have the advantages which are ofttimes essential to their restoration.
  • In the first month or so the Beast Folk, compared with their latter condition, were human enough, and for one or two besides my canine friend I even conceived a friendly tolerance. The little pink sloth-creature displayed an odd affection for me, and took to following me about.