"lint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lint.wav [Southern-England] 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, {{m|enm|linet}} linet, {{der|en|fro|linette||grain of flax}} Old French linette (“grain of flax”), {{m|fro|lin||flax}} lin (“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), 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), pelúcia [feminine] (Portuguese), 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)
    Sense id: en-lint-en-noun-7VfiKLIt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 11 18 35 Disambiguation of 'fuzzy fluff': 90 6 2 2
  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)
    Sense id: en-lint-en-noun-zt6JT1ge Disambiguation of 'a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth': 6 89 2 3
  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): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 11 18 35 Disambiguation of 'fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant': 3 1 92 3
  4. Raw cotton ready for baling. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-lint-en-noun-3Fy~ARXz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 11 18 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 11 18 35 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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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
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            "masculine"
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          "alt": "いとくず",
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          "roman": "itokuzu",
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          "alt": "わたぼこり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "watabokori",
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          "word": "綿埃"
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          "roman": "heso no goma",
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          "word": "[navel lint:] 臍の胡麻"
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          "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
          "word": "tawhe"
        },
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "pelúcia"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cotão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fuzzy fluff",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "scamă"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vorsínka",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ворси́нка"
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "marlja",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "марля"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "word": "pluis"
        },
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "pumpuli"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "word": "vanu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "charpie"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verbandmull"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Scharpie"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "xúsma",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "ξύσμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "línolann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rinto fu",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "word": "リント布"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lo"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gaze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lint",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "линт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kórpija",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ко́рпия"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "runo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "word": "pahuljice"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gasa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "naddion llin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth",
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      "glosses": [
        "The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant."
      ],
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          "coat",
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          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ],
        [
          "cotton",
          "cotton"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 92 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant",
          "word": "hahtuva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 92 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Flaum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 92 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant",
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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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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mouton"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "de",
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "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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      "word": "綿埃"
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      "word": "[navel lint:] 臍の胡麻"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "kerehunga"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "ворси́нка"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "pt",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "pt",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "source code",
          "source code"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lint"
}
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  "msg": "suspicious translation with '[': {'lang': 'Japanese', 'code': 'ja', 'sense': 'fuzzy fluff', 'alt': 'へそのごま', 'roman': 'heso no goma', 'word': '[navel lint:] 臍の胡麻'}",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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