PEN
\pˈɛn], \pˈɛn], \p_ˈɛ_n]\
Definitions of PEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
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an enclosure for confining livestock
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female swan
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a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
By Princeton University
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a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
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an enclosure for confining livestock
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female swan
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a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To write; to compose.
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A wing.
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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.
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Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
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The internal shell of a squid.
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A female swan.
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To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.
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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.
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A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
By Oddity Software
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To write; to compose.
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An instrument used for writing.
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An inclosure for cattle or sheep.
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To shut in a pen; to coop.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A wing.
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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.
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Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
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The internal shell of a squid.
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A female swan.
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To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.
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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.
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A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
By Noah Webster.
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A small inclosure; as, a pigpen; a coop; an instrument for writing with ink, etc.
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To shut up or confine; write.
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Penned.
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Pening.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To shut up: to confine in a small inclosure:-pr.p. penning; pa.t. and pa.p. penned or pent.
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A small inclosure: a coop.
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An instrument used for writing, formerly of the feather of a bird, but now of steel, etc.
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To write:-pr.p. penning; pa.t. and pa.p. penned.
By Daniel Lyons
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An inclosure for animals.
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Penned, pent.
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Pointed instrument for writing.
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To inclose in a pen; confine.
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To write.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To write.
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A small enclosure, as for pigs.
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An instrument for writing with a fluid ink.
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Almost; nearly; used in words of Latin origin; as, penultimate.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An instr. for writing, formerly almost wholly of quills, now commonly of metal.
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To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite.
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A small enclosure for sheep, fowls, &c.; a coop; a reservoir for water.
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To confine in a pen or in a narrow place; to coop; to incage.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [Latin, Icelandic, Anglo-Saxon] An instrument used for writing;—the quill of a goose, swan, crow, &c.; also, a metallic instrument made of steel, brass, gold, &c.;—figuratively, one who uses a pen; a writer.
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n. A small inclosure for beasts—mostly for sheep.
