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- [pin]
- /pɪn/
- /pɪn/
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- [pin]
- /pɪn/
Definitions of pinned word
- noun pinned a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things. 1
- noun pinned a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things together. 1
- noun pinned 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 pinned a badge having a pointed bar or pin attached, by which it is fastened to the clothing: a fraternity pin. 1
- noun pinned 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 pinned 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 pinned
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 Pinned
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pinned 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".
pinned usage trend in Literature
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adj pinned
- accidentally on purpose — Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
- aforethought — premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)
- helpless — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- intended — purposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub.
noun pinned
verb pinned
adjective pinned
- engaged — Busy; occupied.
Antonyms for pinned
verb pinned
- loosed — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
Top questions with pinned
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