bin /ˈbɪn/noun 9verb 4contraction 1forms 3phrases 1 noun9 •a can or box that people put trash in •A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container. •A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program. •(slang) Jail or prison.Free up my G's locked in the bin Jail house comin' like subs one comes out then one goes in — 2018 •(slang) Ellipsis of loony bin (“lunatic asylum”).“She’s crazy,” I said. “She should be in a bin.” — 1988 •Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc •Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar. •Clipping of binary. •son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben). verb4 •(UK, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.He put the bank statement in the shoebox marked "Bank Statements" and binned the rest. — 2008 •(UK, informal) To throw away, reject, give up.This splendid eloquence was promptly binned by the pope, […] — 2002 •To convert continuous data into discrete groups. •To place into a bin for storage. contraction1 •(Internet) Contraction of being. formsbinned · binning · bins Phrases with bin bin offTo throw away, dispose of; (by extension) to get rid of, put away.