"lint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lint.wav Forms: lints [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnt Etymology: From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lynet}} Middle English lynet, {{der|en|fro|linette||grain of flax}} Old French linette (“grain of flax”), {{bor|en|ML.|linteum}} Medieval Latin linteum, {{der|en|la|līnum||flax}} Latin līnum (“flax”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} lint (usually uncountable, plural lints)
  1. Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (fuzzy fluff): wolletjies (Afrikaans), borrissol [masculine] (Catalan), 絨毛 /绒毛 (róngmáo) (Chinese Mandarin), pluis [neuter] (Dutch), pluksel [neuter] (Dutch), ĉarpio (Esperanto), nukka (Finnish), nöyhtä (Finnish), peluche [feminine] (French), mouton [masculine] (French), peluxe [feminine] (Galician), froxel [masculine] (Galician), Fussel [feminine, masculine] (German), Fluse [feminine] (German), szösz (Hungarian), clúmh [masculine] (Irish), lanugine [feminine] (Italian), 糸屑 (itokuzu) (alt: いとくず) (Japanese), 綿埃 (watabokori) (alt: わたぼこり) (Japanese), [navel lint:] 臍の胡麻 (heso no goma) (alt: へそのごま) (Japanese), kerehunga (Maori), perehunga (Maori), tawhe (Maori), lo [neuter] (Norwegian), cotão [masculine] (Portuguese), scamă [feminine] (Romanian), ворси́нка (vorsínka) [feminine] (Russian), пух (pux) [masculine] (Russian), pahuljice [feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), mucice [feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), pelusa [feminine] (Spanish), ludd [neuter] (Swedish), gwlaniach [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth): ξύσμα (xúsma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), марля (marlja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gasa [feminine] (Catalan), pluis (Dutch), pumpuli (Finnish), vanu (Finnish), charpie [feminine] (French), Verbandmull [masculine] (German), Scharpie [feminine] (German), línolann [feminine] (Irish), リント布 (rinto fu) (Japanese), lo [neuter] (Norwegian), gaze [feminine] (Portuguese), линт (lint) [masculine] (Russian), ко́рпия (kórpija) [dated, feminine] (Russian), runo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pahuljice (Serbo-Croatian), gasa [feminine] (Spanish), naddion llin [masculine, plural] (Welsh), nadd lliain (Welsh)
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  3. The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant): hahtuva (Finnish), Flaum [masculine] (German), cotão [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-lint-en-noun-Ufu9BR5t Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 18 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 43 8 14 35 Disambiguation of 'fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant': 4 1 91 3
  4. Raw cotton ready for baling. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-lint-en-noun-3Fy~ARXz Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 18 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 43 8 14 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: boracic lint, lint doctor, lint-free, lintfree, lint roller, lint-scraper
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: lints [present, singular, third-person], linting [participle, present], linted [participle, past], linted [past]
Etymology: From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1). Head templates: {{en-verb}} lint (third-person singular simple present lints, present participle linting, simple past and past participle linted)
  1. (transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: linter
    Sense id: en-lint-en-verb-U4ZEP-Qu Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "2 93 2 3",
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          "_dis1": "2 93 2 3",
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          "_dis1": "2 93 2 3",
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          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
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          "_dis1": "2 93 2 3",
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          "_dis1": "2 93 2 3",
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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    {
      "word": "lint doctor"
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      "word": "lint-free"
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    {
      "word": "lintfree"
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      "code": "af",
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      "word": "wolletjies"
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      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "word": "絨毛 /绒毛"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "ĉarpio"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "nukka"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "nöyhtä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "peluche"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "mouton"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peluxe"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "froxel"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fussel"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Fluse"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "word": "szösz"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "clúmh"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "糸屑"
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      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "word": "綿埃"
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      "alt": "へそのごま",
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      "roman": "heso no goma",
      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "word": "[navel lint:] 臍の胡麻"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "word": "kerehunga"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "word": "perehunga"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "word": "tawhe"
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "scamă"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ворси́нка"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "пух"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "mucice"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pelusa"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "marlja",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "марля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "word": "pluis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "word": "pumpuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "word": "vanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "charpie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verbandmull"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scharpie"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "xúsma",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ξύσμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "línolann"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rinto fu",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "word": "リント布"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lint",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "линт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kórpija",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́рпия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "runo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "word": "pahuljice"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "naddion llin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
      "word": "nadd lliain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant",
      "word": "hahtuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cotão"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lint"
}

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      "word": "linter"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.",
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        }
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        "To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors."
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        "(transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lint"
}

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