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Definitions for Pencil

[1] a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
[2] a stick of cosmetic coloring material for use on the eyebrows, eyelids, etc.
[3] anything shaped or used like a pencil, as a stick of medicated material: a styptic pencil.
[4] a narrow set of lines, light rays, or the like, diverging from or converging to a point: a pencil of sunlight.
[5] a slender, pointed piece of a substance used for marking.
[6] style or skill in drawing or delineation: He favored the late products of the artist's pencil.
[7] Mathematics . the collection of lines, planes, or surfaces passing through a given point or set of points and satisfying a given equation or condition.
[8] Archaic . an artist's paintbrush, especially for fine work.
[9] to write, draw, mark, or color with, or as if with, a pencil.
[10] to use a pencil on.
[11] pencil in , to schedule or list tentatively, as or as if by writing down in pencil rather than in ink: I'll pencil you in for ten o'clock.
[12] a thin cylindrical instrument used for writing, drawing, etc, consisting of a rod of graphite or other marking substance, usually either encased in wood and sharpened or held in a mechanical metal device (as modifier ) a pencil drawing
[13] something similar in shape or function a styptic pencil ; an eyebrow pencil
[14] a narrow set of lines or rays, such as light rays, diverging from or converging to a point
[15] archaic an artist's fine paintbrush
[16] rare an artist's individual style or technique in drawing
[17] to draw, colour, or write with a pencil
[18] to mark with a pencil
[19] pencil in to note, arrange, include, etc provisionally or tentatively

Words related to Pencil

light, radiation, glimmer, compose, rewrite, create, scrawl, sign, note, record, pen, draft, address, print, scribble, tell, write, paint, mark, streak

Words nearby Pencil

pence, pencel, penchant, penchi, penché, pencil, pencil beam, pencil box, pencil cedar, pencil crayon, pencil gate

Origin of Pencil

1350–1400; Middle English pencel < Middle French pincel ≪ Latin pēnicillus painter's brush or pencil, diminutive of pēniculus little tail. See penis, -cule1

Other words from Pencil

pen·cil·er ; especially British , pen·cil·ler , noun
pen·cil·like , adjective
un·pen·ciled , adjective
un·pen·cilled , adjective

Word origin for Pencil

C14: from Old French pincel, from Latin pēnicillus painter's brush, from pēniculus a little tail, from pēnis tail

Synonyms for Pencil

glimmer, light, radiation, bar, blaze, blink, emanation, flash, flicker, gleam, glint, glitter, hint, incandescence, irradiation, moonbeam, patch, radiance, scintilla, shaft, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, sunbeam, trace, wave