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pin down

pin down
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pin doun]
    • /pɪn daʊn/
    • /pɪn daʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pin doun]
    • /pɪn daʊn/

Definitions of pin down words

  • noun pin down a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things. 1
  • noun pin down a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things together. 1
  • noun pin down any of various forms of fasteners or ornaments consisting essentially or partly of a pointed or penetrating wire or shaft (often used in combination): a jeweled pin. 1
  • noun pin down a badge having a pointed bar or pin attached, by which it is fastened to the clothing: a fraternity pin. 1
  • noun pin down Digital Technology. a photo or link that is bookmarked on Pinterest, a website and mobile application: She added 5 pins to her recipes board. 1
  • noun pin down Machinery. a short metal rod, as a linchpin, driven through holes in adjacent parts, as a hub and an axle, to keep the parts together. a short cylindrical rod or tube, as a wrist pin or crankpin, joining two parts so as to permit them to move in one plane relative to each other. a short axle, as one on which a pulley rotates in a block. 1
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Origin of pin down

First appearance:

before 1100
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1100; (noun) Middle English pinne, Old English pinn “peg”; cognate with Dutch pin, German Pinne, Old Norse pinni; perhaps frrom Latin pinna “feather, quill” (see pinna); (verb) Middle English pinnen, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Pin down

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pin down

pin down popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for pin down

verb pin down

  • bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
  • blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
  • button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • carded — a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.
  • carding — the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinning

noun pin down

  • lock in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
  • nail-down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
  • clinch — If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
All 62 Synonyms of pin down

Antonyms for pin down

verb pin down

  • disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
  • loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
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