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Pens

noun
/pɛnz/
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.nounAn enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
"There are two steers in the third pen."
2.nounA prison cell.
"They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again."
3.nounThe bullpen.
"Two righties are up in the pen."
4.verbTo enclose in a pen.
5.nounA tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
"He took notes with a pen."
6.nounA writer, or his style.
"He has a sharp pen."
7.nounMarks of ink left by a pen.
"He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt."
8.nounA light pen.
9.nounThe internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
10.nounA feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
11.nounA wing.
12.verbTo write (an article, a book, etc.).
13.nounA female swan.
14.nounPenalty.
15.nounIn the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
16.nounIn the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p.
17.nounIn Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
18.nounIn the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
19.nounIn various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
20.nounA unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
21.nounMoney in general.
"to turn an honest penny"

Synonyms

new pennyold pennycentplaypenpenitentiarycomposeinditewriteballpointsbayscagesclosets

Rhymes With

contendscleanselensbensmensconvex lenscontact lenszoom lens
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