plural bins
1
: a box, frame, crib, or enclosed place used for storage
2
chiefly British
: a can for trash or garbage : dustbin
The woman retreated to a desk, dropping the leaflets in the bin as though she couldn't bear to hold them anymore.—
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linguistics
: the verb form been used with spoken emphasis in African American English to indicate that something (such as an event or state) happened or existed in the remote past or that it began in the remote past and is still ongoing : stressed bin
BIN, which is stressed, situates an eventuality or some part of it in the remote past. It has been shown that developing AAL-speaking children also produce BIN in spontaneous speech and interpret it as a marker that refers to the distant past.—Lisa Green and Tracy Conner
Lisa Green and Tracy ConnerNote: BIN frequently precedes perfect (see perfect entry 1 sense 5) verb forms, as well as progressive (see progressive entry 1 sense 6) verb forms ending in -ing. It can also precede the African American English feature perfective done, additional predicates (such as nouns, adjectives, and prepositional phrases), and, in certain contexts, adverbial phrases.
: bi- entry 1
binaural
Examples of bin in a Sentence
Noun (1)
Put the old newspapers in the recycling bin.
a storage bin for hats and gloves
Recent Examples on the WebCharles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
The investigation began more than 18 months ago, when ABC News and nine of its affiliated and owned stations secured 46 digital tracking devices to plastic bags and deployed them at Walmart and Target store drop-off recycling bins across 10 states.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
One of those facts is that some staggering quantities of energy transition metals are winding up in the garbage bin.
—Maddie Stone / Grist, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
More about food waste in grocery stores That jar of mustard in your parents’ fridge from the early aughts notwithstanding, a lot of good eatin’ hits the bin because the dates stamped on packages are confusing AF.
—Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
In the findings, published on April 9 in Nature's Scientific Reports, researchers in Japan found that writing down your thoughts and feelings after a negative incident on a piece of paper and then shredding it or crumbling it into a ball and throwing it out in a trash bin can dispel anger.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
But the 65-gallon bins are too heavy and unwieldy for McCallop to move up and down the stairs to her home.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
The defense objected, claiming the search of the bins in which the documents were found was unconstitutional.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
Smaller communities can schedule appointments to collect large items on a per-unit basis, while larger communities can receive debris bins.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
The inner screen camera has a 32MP sensor and shoots 8MP shots (binned by a factor of four).
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
The main camera captures approximately 48MP images that are binned down by four to produce 12MP jpegs.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
The result is an effective 48 megapixels of resolution which is designed to output binned 12-megapixel stills.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 11 May 2023
In fact, after five failures in seven orbital launch attempts of its Rocket 3 vehicle, the company binned that design.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
Just bin it with the Articles and Native peace treaties.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
For instance, it was reported that Tesco suppliers are being forced to bin nearly 50 tonnes of food each week due to a lorry driver crisis.
—Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 25 June 2021
The reusable bins the company normally supplies to clients have been replaced by cardboard boxes.
—Kim Velsey, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
Noun
Police said Gibert was also seen on video surveillance placing the pipe allegedly used to kill Dos Passos — which was later retrieved by law enforcement — in a trash bin.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
The investigation began more than 18 months ago, when ABC News and nine of its affiliated and owned stations secured 46 digital tracking devices to plastic bags and deployed them at Walmart and Target store drop-off recycling bins across 10 states.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
One of those facts is that some staggering quantities of energy transition metals are winding up in the garbage bin.
—Maddie Stone / Grist, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
More about food waste in grocery stores That jar of mustard in your parents’ fridge from the early aughts notwithstanding, a lot of good eatin’ hits the bin because the dates stamped on packages are confusing AF.
—Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
In the findings, published on April 9 in Nature's Scientific Reports, researchers in Japan found that writing down your thoughts and feelings after a negative incident on a piece of paper and then shredding it or crumbling it into a ball and throwing it out in a trash bin can dispel anger.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
But the 65-gallon bins are too heavy and unwieldy for McCallop to move up and down the stairs to her home.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
The defense objected, claiming the search of the bins in which the documents were found was unconstitutional.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
Smaller communities can schedule appointments to collect large items on a per-unit basis, while larger communities can receive debris bins.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
Verb
Words that hung in the air, where they could not be struck through and binned.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
The inner screen camera has a 32MP sensor and shoots 8MP shots (binned by a factor of four).
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
The main camera captures approximately 48MP images that are binned down by four to produce 12MP jpegs.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
The result is an effective 48 megapixels of resolution which is designed to output binned 12-megapixel stills.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 11 May 2023
In fact, after five failures in seven orbital launch attempts of its Rocket 3 vehicle, the company binned that design.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
Just bin it with the Articles and Native peace treaties.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
For instance, it was reported that Tesco suppliers are being forced to bin nearly 50 tonnes of food each week due to a lorry driver crisis.
—Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 25 June 2021
The reusable bins the company normally supplies to clients have been replaced by cardboard boxes.
—Kim Velsey, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
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“Bin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bin. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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