noun
- a pointed prong or spike, especially one of the projecting points of a fork
Examples
- The fork had four sharp tines.
- She carefully speared the meat with the tines of her fork.
- One of the tines on the pitchfork was bent.
- The antler had several pointed tines branching from the main beam.
- He used a three-tine cultivator to work the soil.
- The rake's metal tines gathered the fallen leaves efficiently.