Associations to the word «Kin»

Wiktionary

KIN, noun. Race; family; breed; kind.
KIN, noun. (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
KIN, noun. One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
KIN, noun. Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
KIN, noun. Kind; sort; manner; way.
KIN, adjective. Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
KIN, noun. A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
KIN, noun. Alternative form of k'in
KIN STATE, noun. A state or nation having diaspora who live in a different state.
KIN STATES, noun. Plural of kin state

Dictionary definition

KIN, noun. A person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family".
KIN, noun. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
KIN, adjective. Related by blood.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats