brin — meaning in English

English meaning

• feeler noun Someone or something that feels.
• scintilla noun A small spark or flash.
• strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
• wisp noun A thin, light streak or strand of something, such as smoke, hair, or cloud.

Senses

brin is used for these senses in English:

• scintilla (figuratively) A small or trace amount.
• sprig A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
• strand Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
• strand (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
• wisp A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

feeler — full definition

1. noun Someone or something that feels.
2. noun An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
3. noun Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
4. noun a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself

scintilla — full definition

1. noun A small spark or flash.
2. noun A small or trace amount.

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