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# din

noun (a din, uncountable in general)

«din» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A loud, long, unpleasant noise, often from many sounds together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#m1)
2. (verb, rare: din, dins, dinned, dinning) To din something into someone means to make them learn it by repeating it again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and everyday life a din is the noise of a busy playground, a building site or a crowded canteen; it tells the reader the place is noisy and hard to think in; phrases: «make a din», «above the din», «what a din!», «din it into someone».

### Examples

- The children made a terrible din in the dining hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#x1)
- We could hardly hear the teacher above the din. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#x2)
- What a din! Turn that music down! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#x3)
- The din of the traffic kept me awake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#x4)
- The parrots made a great din at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#x5)
- Mum dinned it into us to look both ways before crossing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#x6)
- The din of hammers came from next door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/#x7)

### Note

Usually «a din» or «the din»; no plural in normal use. Short and old word. Not the same as «dinner»; and «din-dins» is baby talk for dinner.

## In Jewish tradition

In this quotation it is a Hebrew word, written in Hebrew letters, that names a person, and it has nothing to do with noise.

**Interpretation.** In Jewish tradition din means law or judgment, and it also names God's strict justice, which is balanced by mercy.

### Examples

- Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu!', IX, 354, 439). \<)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/din/#x1)

### Note

Usually «a din» or «the din»; no plural in normal use. Short and old word. Not the same as «dinner»; and «din-dins» is baby talk for dinner.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «din» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/din/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«din» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/din.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «din» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/din/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«din» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/din.html) on Mova free.