fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
"The dryer had collected a thick layer of lint on its filter that needed to be cleaned out before running another load."
cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
"The surgeon carefully applied lint soaked in antiseptic solution to cover the deep cut on his arm."
A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
"The old surgeon carefully packed the wound with clean lint from the boiled bandages to stop the bleeding."
To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
"Before merging the pull request, I ran lint across all our JavaScript files to catch any formatting inconsistencies early."
A surname.
"The family reunion was hosted by Mr. Lint, who proudly shared stories about his ancestors."