pen

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Pronunciation
/pɛn/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

Example Sentences
  • There are two steers in the third pen.
2 Definition

A prison cell.

Example Sentences
  • They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.
3 Definition

The bullpen.

Example Sentences
  • Two righties are up in the pen.
4 Definition

A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

Example Sentences
  • He took notes with a pen.
5 Definition

A writer, or his style.

Example Sentences
  • He has a sharp pen.
6 Definition

Marks of ink left by a pen.

Example Sentences
  • He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.
7 Definition

A light pen.

8 Definition

The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

9 Definition

A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.

10 Definition

A wing.

11 Definition

A female swan.

12 Definition

Penalty.

Verb
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

To enclose in a pen.

2 Definition

To write (an article, a book, etc.).