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Definitions for Pent

[1] a simple past tense and past participle of pen2.
[2] shut in; confined.
[3] penthouse(def 4) .
[4] any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
[5] a detachable metal penpoint, filled by dipping or with a quill; nib.
[6] such a penpoint with its penholder.
[7] fountain pen.
[8] ball-point pen.
[9] the pen as the instrument of writing or authorship: The pen is mightier than the sword.
[10] a person's style or quality of writing: He writes with a witty, incisive pen.
[11] a writer: I leave this story to abler pens.
[12] the profession of writing: a master of the pen.
[13] Computers . stylus(def 3) .
[14] Ornithology . a quill. a pinfeather.
[15] something resembling or suggesting a feather or quill.
[16] Zoology . an internal, corneous or chitinous, feather-shaped structure in certain cephalopods, as the squid.
[17] to write with or as with a pen; put down in writing: to pen an essay.
[18] to draw with or as with a pen: to pen a sketch.
[19] a small enclosure for domestic animals.
[20] animals so enclosed: We have a pen of twenty sheep.
[21] an enclosure used for confinement or safekeeping: We have built several pens to hold our harvest of corn.
[22] playpen.
[23] bull pen.
[24] a dock having a protective concrete structure overhead, used to service and repair submarines.
[25] to confine in or as in a pen.
[26] a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, meaning “five” (Pentateuch ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (pentavalent ).
[27] Pentecost.
[28] a past tense and past participle of pen 2
[29] International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists
[30] five pentagon ; pentameter ; pentaprism
[31] 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
[32] the writing end of such an implement; nib
[33] style of writing
[34] the pen writing as an occupation the written word the pen is mightier than the sword
[35] the long horny internal shell of a squid
[36] (tr) to write or compose
[37] an enclosure in which domestic animals are kept sheep pen
[38] any place of confinement
[39] a dock for servicing submarines, esp one having a bombproof roof
[40] (tr) to enclose or keep in a pen
[41] US and Canadian informal short for penitentiary (def. 1)
[42] a female swan

Words related to Pent

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

Words nearby Pent

pensive, penstemon, penstock, pensée, pensées, pent, pent-up, pent., penta-, pentachloronitrobenzene, pentachlorophenol

Origin of Pent

a-< Greek pent-, penta-, comb. forms representing pénte five

Other words from Pent

pen·like , adjective
pen·ner , noun

Word origin for Pent

C16: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Pent

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