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Definitions for Pen

[1] any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
[2] a detachable metal penpoint, filled by dipping or with a quill; nib.
[3] such a penpoint with its penholder.
[4] fountain pen.
[5] ball-point pen.
[6] the pen as the instrument of writing or authorship: The pen is mightier than the sword.
[7] a person's style or quality of writing: He writes with a witty, incisive pen.
[8] a writer: I leave this story to abler pens.
[9] the profession of writing: a master of the pen.
[10] Computers . stylus(def 3) .
[11] Ornithology . a quill. a pinfeather.
[12] something resembling or suggesting a feather or quill.
[13] Zoology . an internal, corneous or chitinous, feather-shaped structure in certain cephalopods, as the squid.
[14] to write with or as with a pen; put down in writing: to pen an essay.
[15] to draw with or as with a pen: to pen a sketch.
[16] a small enclosure for domestic animals.
[17] animals so enclosed: We have a pen of twenty sheep.
[18] an enclosure used for confinement or safekeeping: We have built several pens to hold our harvest of corn.
[19] playpen.
[20] bull pen.
[21] a dock having a protective concrete structure overhead, used to service and repair submarines.
[22] to confine in or as in a pen.
[23] penitentiary(def 1) .
[24] a female swan.
[25] peninsula.
[26] variant of pene- before a vowel: penannular.
[27] International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.
[28] 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 See also ballpoint, fountain pen
[29] the writing end of such an implement; nib
[30] style of writing
[31] the pen writing as an occupation the written word the pen is mightier than the sword
[32] the long horny internal shell of a squid
[33] (tr) to write or compose
[34] an enclosure in which domestic animals are kept sheep pen
[35] any place of confinement
[36] a dock for servicing submarines, esp one having a bombproof roof
[37] (tr) to enclose or keep in a pen
[38] US and Canadian informal short for penitentiary (def. 1)
[39] a female swan
[40] International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists
[41] Peninsula

Words related to Pen

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Origin of Pen

4First recorded in 1540–50; origin uncertain

Other words from Pen

pen·like , adjective
pen·ner , noun

Word origin for Pen

C16: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Pen

cage, coop, corral, fence, fold, hedge, hutch, jail, penitentiary, prison, sty, wall