1. a clear alcoholic spirit flavored with juniper berries
2. a machine for separating cotton fibers from seeds
3. a trap or snare for catching animals

1. to remove seeds from cotton using a gin
2. to catch in a trap or snare

Examples

• She ordered a gin and tonic at the bar.
• The cotton gin revolutionized agriculture in the American South.
• Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793.
• The hunter set a gin to catch rabbits.
• Workers gin the cotton to prepare it for spinning.
• The fox was ginned in the farmer’s trap.
• Premium gin is distilled with various botanicals.
• They ginned several bales of cotton that day.