1. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
   "He cleaned the lint from the dryer's filter"
    
2. Cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
   "The nurse applied lint to the patient's abrasion"
    
3. (computer programming) a tool that analyses source code to flag logic errors, inconsistencies, stylistic errors, suspicious and deprecated constructs, etc.
   - linter

1. (computer programming) check source code for errors using a linter
   "before making a commit or pull request, you should lint your code"

Derived forms: linted, linting, lints

Type of: cloth, fabric, fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn], material, textile

Encyclopedia: Lint, Belgium