pawn
(noun) borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
pawn
(noun) (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
instrument, pawn, cat's-paw
(noun) a person used by another to gain an end
pawn
(noun) an article deposited as security
pawn, soak, hock
(verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money; “pawn your grandfather’s gold watch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pawn (plural pawns)
(chess) The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
(figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
• See also pawn
pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)
(uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
An instance of pawning something.
(now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
(rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
To pledge; to stake or wager.
To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
• (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock
pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)
Alternative form of paan
pawn (plural pawns)
A gallery.
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
(video games) Alternative form of pwn
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Source: Wiktionary
Pawn, n.
Definition: See Pan, the masticatory.
Pawn, n. Etym: [OE. paune, poun, OF. peon, poon, F. pion, LL. pedo a foot soldier, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Pioneer, Peon.] (Chess)
Definition: A man or piece of the lowest rank.
Pawn, n. Etym: [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See Pane.]
1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1. As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i.e., interest]. Bacon.
2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. Shak. As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness. Donne.
3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. Shak. In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak.
– Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.
Pawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawning.]
1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch. And pawned the last remaining piece of plate. Dryden.
2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard. Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
