rosin

Plural: rosins

Noun

• any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
• A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
• Resin.

Verb

Verb Forms: rosined, rosining, rosins

• To treat or rub something with rosin, a brittle resin.
• rub rosin onto
  • "rosin the violin bow"
• To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin.

Examples

• He hoped to ROSIN his vocabulary skills by studying obscure words for Words With Friends.
• We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation for playing.

Synonyms

resin, Greek pitch, colophony

Anagrams of rosin