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Pronunciation varies by accent · suffix
(biochemistry) Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin)..
At Stanford 380 students volunteered to give blood for military and civilian casualties in South Viet Nam: Ohio State held a similar “bleed-in.”
elf + -in → elfin
Use -in when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
-in means (biochemistry) Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At Stanford 380 students volunteered to give blood for military and civilian casualties in South Viet Nam: Ohio State held a similar “bleed-in.”
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