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1  [din] noun, verb, dinned, din⋅ning.
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–noun
1. a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
–verb (used with object)
2. to assail with din.
3. to sound or utter with clamor or persistent repetition.
–verb (used without object)
4. to make a din.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME din(e) (n.), OE dyne, dynn; c. ON dynr noise, OHG tuni, Skt dhuni roaring

Synonyms:
1. uproar. See noise.
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2  [din]
–noun (used with a plural verb) Islam.
religion, esp. the religious observances of a Muslim.

Origin:
< Ar dīn religion < Pers dēn

DIN

 
Photography.
a designation, originating in Germany, of the speed of a particular film emulsion.
Origin:
< G D(eutsche) I(ndustrie) N(ormen) German industrial standards (later construed as Das ist Norm that is (the) standard), registered mark of the German Institute for Standardization

Din.

 
(in Yugoslavia) dinar; dinars.

di⋅nar

  [di-nahr]
–noun
1. any of various former coins of the Near East, esp. gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
2. a money of account of Iran, the 100th part of a rial.
3. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, equal to 100 paras. Abbreviation: Din.
4. a paper money, silver or nickel coin, and monetary unit of Iraq, equal to 1000 fils or 20 dirhams. Abbreviation: ID.
5. a paper money and monetary unit of Jordan, equal to 1000 fils. Abbreviation: JD.
6. a paper money and monetary unit of Kuwait, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 fils. Abbreviation: KD.
7. a paper money and monetary unit of Tunisia, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 millimes.
8. a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Algeria, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: DA.
9. a paper money and monetary unit of Bahrain, equal to 1000 fils. Abbreviation: BD.
10. a paper money and monetary unit of Libya, equal to 1000 dirham: replaced the pound in 1971. Abbreviation: LD.
11. a paper money and monetary unit of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, equal to 1000 fils. Abbreviation: YD.
Origin:
1625–35; < Ar, Pers dīnār < LGk dēnárion < L dēnārius a ten-as coin; see denary
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din   (dĭn)   
n.  A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds. See Synonyms at noise.
v.   dinned, din·ning, dins

v.   tr.

  1. To stun with deafening noise.

  2. To instill by wearying repetition: dinned the Latin conjugations into the students' heads.

v.   intr.
To make a loud noise.

[Middle English dine, from Old English dyne.]
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Word Origin & History

din 
O.E. dyne (n.), dynian (v.), from P.Gmc. *duniz, from PIE base *dhun- "loud noise" (cf. Skt. dhuni "roaring, a torrent").
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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dining room
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