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Definition of 'pen'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pen
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.

2.  pen
a detachable metal penpoint; nib.

3.  pen
such a penpoint with its holder.

4.  pen
the pen as a symbol of authorship.

5.  pen
a writer.

6. (v.t.) pen
to write or draw with or as if with a pen:
to pen an essay.

7. (n.) pen
a small enclosure for domestic animals.

8.  pen
the animals so enclosed.

9.  pen
a dock used in the repair of submarines.

10. (v.t.) pen
to confine in or as if in a pen.

11. (n.) pen
a female swan.

Etymology: (1540–50; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'pen'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pen
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

2. (noun) pen
an enclosure for confining livestock

3. (noun) playpen, pen
a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

4. (noun) penitentiary, pen
a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

5. (verb) pen
female swan

6. (verb) write, compose, pen, indite
produce a literary work
"She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

Definition of 'pen'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) pen
an object used for writing
Could I use your pen?

2. pen
a fenced area for keeping animals in
a cattle pen

Definition of 'pen'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pen
a feather

2. (noun) pen
a wing

3. (noun) pen
an instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving

4. (noun) pen
fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen

5. (noun) pen
the internal shell of a squid

6. (noun) pen
a female swan

7. (noun) pen
a small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs

8. pen
to shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose

9. (verb) pen
to write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet

Translation of 'pen'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small enclosure, usually for animals a sheep-pen.
Afrikaans: hok, kampie	Arabic: حَظيرَه	Bulgarian: кошара
Brazilian: cercado	Czech: chlév, kotec, ohrádka	German: der Pferch
Danish: fold; -fold	Greek: μαντρί	Spanish: corral
Estonian: aedik	Farsi: آغل	Finnish: karsina
French: enclos	Hebrew: דִיר	Hindi: लेखनी, कलम
Croatian: pero	Hungarian: karám	Indonesian: kandang terbuka
Icelandic: stía, rétt, kví	Italian: recinto	Japanese: おり
Korean: (가축) 우리	Lithuanian: aptvaras, gardas	Latvian: aploks; aizgalds
Malay: petak	Dutch: hok, kooi	Norwegian: binge, bås; innhegning
Polish: zagroda	Persian: آغل	Pashto: شپول
Portuguese: cercado	Romanian: ţarc	Russian: загон
Slovak: ohrada	Slovenian: ograda	Serbian: tor
Swedish: fålla, kätte	Thai: คอก	Turkish: ağıl
Taiwanese: 圍欄，圍圈	Ukrainian: невеликий загін	Urdu: احاطہ
Vietnamese: chỗ quây kín	Chinese: 围栏，围圈
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