Definitions
1.nounA psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
2.nounThe most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
3.nounSomeone who is being manipulated or used to some end."Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War."
4.nounThe state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge."All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage."
5.nounAn instance of pawning something.
6.nounAn item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
7.nounA pawnshop; pawnbroker.
8.verbTo pledge; to stake or wager.
9.verbTo give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
10.nounA gallery.
11.verb(originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).