pen
/pɛn/
noun
- 1
An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
“There are two steers in the third pen.”
- 2
A prison cell.
“They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.”
- 3
The bullpen.
“Two righties are up in the pen.”
verb
- 1
To enclose in a pen.
noun
- 1
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.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.”
- 2
A writer, or his style.
“He has a sharp pen.”
- 3
Marks of ink left by a pen.
“He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.”
- 4
A light pen.
- 5
The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
- 6
A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
- 7
A wing.
verb
- 1
To write (an article, a book, etc.).
noun
- 1
A female swan.
noun
- 1
Penalty.
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