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Definitions for Penning

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

Words related to Penning

compose, box, case, coop, corral, mew, hedge, confine, cage, engross, indict, draft, autograph

Words nearby Penning

pennillion, pennine alps, pennine chain, pennine way, pennines, penning, penning gate, penninite, pennon, pennoncel, pennsauken

Origin of Penning

2before 1000; (noun) Middle English penne, Old English penn (in compounds); perhaps akin to pin; (v.) Middle English pennen, derivative of the noun

Other words from Penning

pen·like , adjective
pen·ner , noun

Word origin for Penning

C16: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Penning

box, cage, case, confine, coop, corral, hedge, mew, close in, fence in, hem in, shut in