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pen

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[pen]

noun

  1. any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.

  2. a detachable metal penpoint, filled by dipping or with a quill; nib.

  3. such a penpoint with its penholder.

  4. fountain pen.

  5. ballpoint pen.

  6. the pen as the instrument of writing or authorship.

    The pen is mightier than the sword.

  7. a person's style or quality of writing.

    He writes with a witty, incisive pen.

  8. a writer.

    I leave this story to abler pens.

  9. the profession of writing.

    a master of the pen.

  10. a pen-shaped device having a cartridge filled with a drug or medication.

    an insulin pen with disposable needles.

  11. Computers.stylus.

  12. Ornithology.

    1. a quill.

    2. a pinfeather.

  13. something resembling or suggesting a feather or quill.

  14. Zoology.an internal, corneous or chitinous, feather-shaped structure in certain cephalopods, as the squid.



verb (used with object)

penned, penning 
  1. to write with or as with a pen; put down in writing.

    to pen an essay.

  2. to draw with or as with a pen.

    to pen a sketch.

pen

2

[pen]

noun

  1. a small enclosure for domestic animals.

  2. animals so enclosed.

    We have a pen of twenty sheep.

  3. an enclosure used for confinement or safekeeping.

    We have built several pens to hold our harvest of corn.

  4. playpen.

  5. bull pen.

  6. a dock having a protective concrete structure overhead, used to service and repair submarines.

verb (used with object)

penned, pent, penning. 
  1. to confine in or as in a pen.

pen

3

[pen]

noun

Slang.
  1. penitentiary.

pen

4

[pen]

noun

  1. a female swan.

pen-

5
  1. variant of pene- before a vowel.

    penannular.

Pen.

6
Or pen.

abbreviation

  1. peninsula.

P.E.N.

7

abbreviation

  1. International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.

pen

1

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. an implement for writing or drawing using ink, formerly consisting of a sharpened and split quill, and now of a metal nib attached to a holder See also ballpoint fountain pen

  2. the writing end of such an implement; nib

  3. style of writing

    1. writing as an occupation

    2. the written word

      the pen is mightier than the sword

  4. the long horny internal shell of a squid

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verb

  1. (tr) to write or compose

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pen

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/ ɛ /

noun

  1. an enclosure in which domestic animals are kept

    sheep pen

  2. any place of confinement

  3. a dock for servicing submarines, esp one having a bombproof roof

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verb

  1. (tr) to enclose or keep in a pen

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PEN

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/ ɛ /

acronym

  1. International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists

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Pen.

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abbreviation

  1. Peninsula

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pen

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/ ɛ /

noun

  1. informalshort for penitentiary

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pen

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/ ɛ /

noun

  1. a female swan

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • penlike adjective
  • penner noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pen1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English penn(e), from Old French penne “pen, feather,” from Late Latin penna “pen,” from Latin penna, pinna “feather, wing”

Origin of pen2

First recorded before 1000; (noun) Middle English penne, Old English penn (in compounds); perhaps akin to pin; (verb) Middle English pennen, derivative of the noun

Origin of pen3

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; shortened form

Origin of pen4

First recorded in 1540–50; origin uncertain
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pen1

Old English pinne, from Late Latin penna (quill) pen, from Latin: feather

Origin of pen2

Old English penn, perhaps related to pin

Origin of pen3

C16: of unknown origin
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Idioms and Phrases

see slip of the lip (pen).
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A piece of sticky batting tape with Rabada's name written on it in pen has been attached to the board for his figures of 5-51, as is the tradition for players during matches.

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“After this ‘pen, the ramp up is gonna start, and I can start pitching, and I know I’m gonna be a factor on the team again.”

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Research, for example, has found that students’ brains were more active when they handwrote information rather than typing it on a keyboard and when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and a tablet.

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While putting pen to paper is something most of us do without thinking about, for Leonard, every letter and word he writes is a battle.

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The court was read a handwritten letter penned by the footballer to Judge Mills.

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