PIN
\pˈɪn], \pˈɪn], \p_ˈɪ_n]\
Definitions of PIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target
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flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
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to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
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a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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attach or fasten with pins
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a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
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a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
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cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
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immobilize a piece
By Princeton University
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a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target
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flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
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to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
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a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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attach or fasten with pins
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a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
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a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
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cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To peen.
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To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
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A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
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Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
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Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
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That which resembles a pin in its form or use
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A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
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A linchpin.
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A rolling-pin.
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A clothespin.
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A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
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The tenon of a dovetail joint.
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One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
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The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
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Caligo. See Caligo.
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An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
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To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.
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To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
By Oddity Software
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To peen.
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To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
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A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
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Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
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Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
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That which resembles a pin in its form or use
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A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
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A linchpin.
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A rolling-pin.
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A clothespin.
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A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
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The tenon of a dovetail joint.
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One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
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The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
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Caligo. See Caligo.
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An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
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To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.
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To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
By Noah Webster.
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A short piece of wire with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening together papers, clothing, etc.; a larger, pointed instrument of similar nature, used for holding the hair, the hat, etc.; as, a scarf pin; an ornament, badge, or jewel fitted with a pin and a clasp; as, a school pin; a bolt or peg; wooden roller; as, a rolling-pin; anything of small value.
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To fasten with, or as with, a pin; seize.
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Pinned.
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Pinning.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sharp-pointed instrument, esp. for fastening articles together: anything that holds parts together: a peg used in musical instruments for fastening the strings: anything of little value.
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To fasten with a pin: to fasten: to inclose:-pr.p. pinning; pa.t. and pa.p. pinned.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To pierce or fasten, as with a pin.
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A wire, with a point and a head, used in fastening clothing, etc.; a clasp; brooch.
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A peg, as for a fastening, support, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A small pointed instrument, used for fastening clothes, &c.; a piece of wood or metal sharpened to fasten together; anything like a pin; a thing of little value; a peg; a bolt.
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To fasten with a pin; to make fast; to inclose.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A short piece of wire pointed and having a head, much in domestic use for fastening articles of dress, &c.; anything that holds parts together; a peg; a short shaft or bolt; the central part; a term expressive of little value.
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To fasten, as with a pin or pins; to make fast.
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A term applied to a petition or address by foreigners to the Emperor of China, or to one of his high dignitaries.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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An iron or brass instrument, generally of a small size, pointed at one extremity, and having a head at the other. It is used, in Surgery, to fix rollers and dressings; and occasionally in sutures.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Dutch, Welsh] A pointed instrument of wood, metal, or the like; a peg; a bolt;—especially, a small,, pointed piece of wire with a head, much used for fastening clothes, &c.;—a bolt which fastens the wheel to the axle; linch pin;—a peg by which the strings in musical instruments are strained or relaxed;—a cylindrical roller made of wood;—the central part of a target;—a thing of no value; a trifle;—pl. Legs.