groining
/G R OY1 N IH0 NG/noun
- 1
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- 2
The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- 3
(euphemistic) The genitals.
- 4
(architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- 5
(geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
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Alternative spelling of groyne. [An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.]
verb
- 1
To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
- 2
(architecture) To build with groins.
- 3
(literary, transitive) To hollow out; to excavate.
- 4
To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
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