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PEN
pen
(noun) female swan
pen
(noun) a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
pen
(noun) an enclosure for confining livestock
penitentiary, pen
(noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
playpen, pen
(noun) a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
write, compose, pen, indite
(verb) produce a literary work; “She composed a poem”; “He wrote four novels”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pen (plural pens)
An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
(slang) A prison cell.
(baseball) The bullpen.
Verb
pen (third-person singular simple present pens, present participle penning, simple past and past participle pent or penned)
(transitive) To enclose in a pen.
Etymology 2
Noun
pen (plural pens)
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
(figurative) A writer, or his style.
(colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen.
A light pen.
(zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
(now, rare, poetic, dialectal) A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
(poetic) A wing.
Verb
pen (third-person singular simple present pens, present participle penning, simple past and past participle penned)
(transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).
Etymology 3
Noun
pen (plural pens)
A female swan.
Etymology 4
Shortened form of penalty.
Noun
pen (plural pens)
(soccer, slang) penalty
Anagrams
• NEP, Nep, PNe, nep
Noun
PEN (countable and uncountable, plural PENs)
(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of polyethylene naphthalate.
(speed skating) Abbreviation of penalty. (a scorecard score when a skater is penalized out of their skate)
Anagrams
• NEP, Nep, PNe, nep
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Pen
A diminutive of the female given name Penelope
Etymology 2
Proper noun
the Pen
The 68th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Anagrams
• NEP, Nep, PNe, nep
Source: Wiktionary
Pen, n. Etym: [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.]
1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton.
3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving. Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. Job xix. 24.
4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." Fuller.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The internal shell of a squid.
6. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A female swan. [Prov. Eng.] Bow pen. See Bow-pen.
– Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines.
– Drawing, or Ruling, pen, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.
– Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See under Fountain, and Geometric.
– Music pen, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff.
– Pen and ink, or pen-and-ink, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.
– Pen feather. A pin feather. [Obs.] -- Pen name. See under Name.
– Sea pen (Zoöl.), a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen.]
Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned; p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.]
Definition: To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. "A prayer elaborately penned." Milton.
Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned or Pent (p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] Etym: [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See Pin, n. & v.]
Definition: To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. "Away with her, and pen her up." Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. Milton.
Pen, n. Etym: [From Pen to shut in.]
Definition: A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. My father stole two geese out of a pen. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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