pens

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

“There are two steers in the third pen.”

A prison cell.

“They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.”

The bullpen.

“Two righties are up in the pen.”

To enclose in a pen.

A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.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.”

A writer, or his style.

“He has a sharp pen.”

Marks of ink left by a pen.

“He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.”

A light pen.

The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.

A wing.

To write (an article, a book, etc.).

A female swan.

Penalty.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.

In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p.

In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.

In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.

In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.

A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.

Money in general.

“to turn an honest penny”