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Noun shin has 4 senses

shin - the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
--₁ is a kind of body part
--₁ is a part of leg
shin - a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
--₂ is a kind of cut, cut of meat
shin - the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
--₃ is a kind of letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
--₃ is a part of Hebrew alphabet, Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew script
tibia, shinbone, shin - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
--₄ is a kind of leg bone
--₄ is a part of leg

Verb shin has 1 sense

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
--₁ is one way to climb
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP