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ALL meanings of pen

pen
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  • noun pen a female swan. 1
  • verb with object pen to confine in or as in a pen. 1
  • noun pen writing tool 1
  • noun pen chickens: coop 1
  • noun pen sheep: corral 1
  • transitive verb pen write 1
  • noun pen writer 1
  • noun pen jail 1
  • countable noun pen A pen is a long thin object which you use to write in ink. 0
  • verb pen If someone pens a letter, article, or book, they write it. 0
  • countable noun pen A pen is also a small area with a fence round it in which farm animals are kept for a short time. 0
  • verb pen If people or animals are penned somewhere or are penned up, they are forced to remain in a very small area. 0
  • countable noun pen People sometimes say the pen to refer to a prison. 0
  • noun pen an implement for writing or drawing using ink, formerly consisting of a sharpened and split quill, and now of a metal nib attached to a holder 0
  • noun pen the writing end of such an implement; nib 0
  • noun pen style of writing 0
  • noun pen the long horny internal shell of a squid 0
  • verb pen to write or compose 0
  • noun pen an enclosure in which domestic animals are kept 0
  • noun pen any place of confinement 0
  • noun pen a dock for servicing submarines, esp one having a bombproof roof 0
  • verb pen to enclose or keep in a pen 0
  • noun pen a female swan 0
  • noun acronym pen International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists 0
  • abbreviation PEN Peninsula 0
  • noun pen a small yard or enclosure for domestic animals 0
  • noun pen the animals so confined 0
  • noun pen any small enclosure 0
  • verb transitive pen to confine or enclose in or as in a pen 0
  • noun pen a heavy quill or feather trimmed to a split point, used for writing with ink 0
  • noun pen now, any of various devices used in writing or drawing with ink 0
  • noun pen a device with a half-tubular metal point split into two nibs, now used esp. by artists and draftsmen 0
  • noun pen ballpoint (pen) 0
  • noun pen fountain pen 0
  • noun pen the metal point for a pen2 (sense 2) pen2 (sense 2a) 0
  • noun pen the pen regarded as an instrument of writing 0
  • noun pen literary style or expression 0
  • noun pen writing as a profession 0
  • noun pen a feather or quill; esp., a heavy wing feather 0
  • noun pen the quill-shaped internal shell of a squid 0
  • verb transitive pen to write with or as with a pen 0
  • noun pen a penitentiary 0
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