sardine

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see also: Sardine

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sɑːˈdiːn/
• (GA) IPA: /sɑɹˈdin/

Noun

sardine (plural sardines)

1. Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
2. (obsolete) carnelian
   • Rev 4:3 KJV

     And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

3. (figurative) Someone packed or crammed into a small space.

Translations

• French: sardine
• German: Sardine
• Italian: sardina, sarda, sardella
• Portuguese: sardinha
• Russian: сарди́на
• Spanish: sardina

Verb

sardine (sardines, present participle sardining; past and past participle sardined)

1. to fish for sardines
2. to pack or cram together tightly.
   • 1986, The New Yorker - Volumen 62,

     Would it be unbearably elitist to suggest that they would be more enjoyable still if the director removed a row or two of chairs, instead of sardining as many listeners as possible into the intimate music room?

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Sardine

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Noun

sardine (plural sardines)

1. A member of the Italian grassroots political movement organized to protest against the right-wing surge in the country and the political rhetoric of Matteo Salvini.

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