Lint
noun
Small fluff or fibers that often collect on fabric or in pockets.
I found a piece of lint on my shirt.
Often appears as...
- pocket lint
- lint trap
noun
A tool in computing that checks for errors in code.
We use a lint tool to debug our program.
Often appears as...
- lint checker
- lint tool
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Technical
noun
Bandage or soft material used to dress wounds, derived from the old practice of using linen for this purpose.
The nurse wrapped my wound with lint.
Often appears as...
- lint dressing
- lint bandage
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Small fluff or fibers that often collect on fabric or in pockets.
I found a piece of lint on my shirt.
Often appears as...
- pocket lint
- lint trap
noun
A tool in computing that checks for errors in code.
We use a lint tool to debug our program.
Often appears as...
- lint checker
- lint tool
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Bandage or soft material used to dress wounds, derived from the old practice of using linen for this purpose.
The nurse wrapped my wound with lint.
Often appears as...
- lint dressing
- lint bandage
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Commonly Missed
Lint is easy to overlook until it accumulates.
After folding laundry, I always find missed lint on sweaters.
Pro Tip 2/3Cleaning Reference
Lint is often mentioned when talking about cleaning clothes or laundry.
Remember to clean the lint trap after drying your clothes.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Speech
'Lint' is casual, used mostly in day-to-day conversation.
Could you pass me the lint roller?
Pro Tip 1/3Commonly Missed
Lint is easy to overlook until it accumulates.
After folding laundry, I always find missed lint on sweaters.
Pro Tip 2/3Cleaning Reference
Lint is often mentioned when talking about cleaning clothes or laundry.
Remember to clean the lint trap after drying your clothes.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Speech
'Lint' is casual, used mostly in day-to-day conversation.
Could you pass me the lint roller?
Pro Tip 1/3Commonly Missed
Lint is easy to overlook until it accumulates.
After folding laundry, I always find missed lint on sweaters.
Pro Tip 2/3Cleaning Reference
Lint is often mentioned when talking about cleaning clothes or laundry.
Remember to clean the lint trap after drying your clothes.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Speech
'Lint' is casual, used mostly in day-to-day conversation.
Could you pass me the lint roller?
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3 clues to understanding...
Or is it something absolutely trivial, like a piece of lint, or a piece of chalk, or a -- I don't want to point to that, but -- or a shoe, or something like that? OK? Which you can completely ignore. So if the amygdala is excited, and this is something important, the messages then cascade into the autonomic nervous system.
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Photographing the Real...
and dust and I remembered this this trick that I learned from a scientist at the USDA and she said take an eyelash glue it to the end of any little toothpick safety pin it's stiff enough you can kind of comb its hairs and get the little bits of lint and dust and
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The life cycle of a...
Self-driving machines carefully harvest these puffs, an industrial cotton gin mechanically separates the fluffy bolls from the seeds, and the cotton lint is pressed into 225-kilogram bales.
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Life Beyond the Sun by...
then slowly like a pocket mine you gathered lint for company hydrogen helium other types of gas join you unsatisfied you asked for more a flock enticed and hoarded moored up locked
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3 clues to understanding...
Or is it something absolutely trivial, like a piece of lint, or a piece of chalk, or a -- I don't want to point to that, but -- or a shoe, or something like that? OK? Which you can completely ignore. So if the amygdala is excited, and this is something important, the messages then cascade into the autonomic nervous system.
Video examples
Photographing the Real...
and dust and I remembered this this trick that I learned from a scientist at the USDA and she said take an eyelash glue it to the end of any little toothpick safety pin it's stiff enough you can kind of comb its hairs and get the little bits of lint and dust and
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
Self-driving machines carefully harvest these puffs, an industrial cotton gin mechanically separates the fluffy bolls from the seeds, and the cotton lint is pressed into 225-kilogram bales.
Video examples
Life Beyond the Sun by...
then slowly like a pocket mine you gathered lint for company hydrogen helium other types of gas join you unsatisfied you asked for more a flock enticed and hoarded moored up locked
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Susan Orlean
American Journalist
There was a time when I kept track of it all; when my mind worked like a giant lint brush being swept over the fuzzy surface of popular culture. But these days, pop culture seems to have gotten fuzzier and fuzzier; notoriety comes and goes in the snap of a finger.
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Beth Ostrosky Stern
American Actress
In every single one of my purses, even my little satin clutch and my tiny Chanel bag, I always carry a lint roller. I keep them in every drawer, in every desk and nightstand. I just buy those at the dollar store in bulk.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics.
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Regina Brett
American Journalist
Star Trek' never grabbed me. Every time I hear about Klingons, I think of those little lint balls that stick to your clothes in the dryer.
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O. Henry
American Writer
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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Courteney Cox
American Actress
I don't use a lint brush or anything, and I don't iron, but I could easily pick lint off of someone else.
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Beth Ostrosky Stern
American Actress
We keep our house very clean. Lint rollers and vacuum cleaners.
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Peyton List
American Actress
A mini lint brush is always in my purse.
Quote examples
Beth Ostrosky Stern
American Actress
I do have a lot of lint rollers.
Quote examples
Susan Orlean
American Journalist
There was a time when I kept track of it all; when my mind worked like a giant lint brush being swept over the fuzzy surface of popular culture. But these days, pop culture seems to have gotten fuzzier and fuzzier; notoriety comes and goes in the snap of a finger.
Quote examples
Beth Ostrosky Stern
American Actress
In every single one of my purses, even my little satin clutch and my tiny Chanel bag, I always carry a lint roller. I keep them in every drawer, in every desk and nightstand. I just buy those at the dollar store in bulk.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics.
Quote examples
Regina Brett
American Journalist
Star Trek' never grabbed me. Every time I hear about Klingons, I think of those little lint balls that stick to your clothes in the dryer.
Quote examples
O. Henry
American Writer
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
Quote examples
Courteney Cox
American Actress
I don't use a lint brush or anything, and I don't iron, but I could easily pick lint off of someone else.
Quote examples
Beth Ostrosky Stern
American Actress
We keep our house very clean. Lint rollers and vacuum cleaners.
Quote examples
Peyton List
American Actress
A mini lint brush is always in my purse.
Quote examples
Beth Ostrosky Stern
American Actress
I do have a lot of lint rollers.
Example 1 of 9
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