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Pen

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Noun

1. pen

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

2. pen

an enclosure for confining livestock

3. pen, playpen

a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

4. pen, penitentiary

a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

5. pen

female swan

Verb

6. compose, indite, pen, write

produce a literary work

Example Sentences:
'She composed a poem'
'He wrote four novels'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pen

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noun
1. 
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
2. 
the writing end of such an implement; nib
3. 
style of writing
4.  the pen
5. 
the long horny internal shell of a squid
verbWord forms: pens, penning or penned
6. (transitive)
to write or compose
noun
1. 
an enclosure in which domestic animals are kept
sheep pen
2. 
any place of confinement
3. 
a dock for servicing submarines, esp one having a bombproof roof
verbWord forms: pens, penning, penned or pent
4. (transitive)
to enclose or keep in a pen
noun
US and Canadian informal short for penitentiary (sense 1)
noun
a female swan
noun acronym for
International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists
abbreviation for
Peninsula

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Pen

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International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists
peninsula
noun
1. 
a small yard or enclosure for domestic animals
2. 
the animals so confined
3. 
any small enclosure
verb transitiveWord forms: penned or pent, ˈpenning
4. 
to confine or enclose in or as in a pen
noun
1.  Obsolete
a heavy quill or feather trimmed to a split point, used for writing with ink
2. 
now, any of various devices used in writing or drawing with ink
; specif.,
a. 
a device with a half-tubular metal point split into two nibs, now used esp. by artists and draftsmen
b. 
ballpoint (pen)
c. 
fountain pen
3. 
the metal point for a pen2 (sense 2) pen2 (sense 2a)
4. 
a. 
the pen regarded as an instrument of writing
b. 
literary style or expression
c. 
writing as a profession
5.  Archaic
a feather or quill; esp., a heavy wing feather
6.  Zoology
the quill-shaped internal shell of a squid
verb transitiveWord forms: penned or ˈpenning
7. 
to write with or as with a pen
penned verses filled with pain
noun
Slang
a penitentiary
noun
a female swan

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pen

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n.
1.
a. A fenced enclosure for animals.
b. The animals kept in such an enclosure.
c. Any of various enclosures, such as a bullpen or playpen, used for a variety of purposes.
2. A roofed dock for submarines.
tr.v. penned or pent (pĕnt), pen·ning, pens
To confine in or as if in a pen. See Synonyms at enclose.
n.
A female swan.
n.
Informal
A penitentiary; a prison.
abbr.
peninsula
n.
1. An instrument for writing or drawing with ink or similar fluid, especially:
a. A ballpoint pen.
b. A fountain pen.
c. A pen point.
d. A penholder and its pen point.
e. A quill.
2.
a. An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression: "Tyranny has no enemy so formidable as the pen" (William Cobbett).
b. A writer or an author: a hired pen.
c. A style of writing: wrote plays with a witty pen.
3. A pen-shaped device containing something other than ink: an insulin pen; a vaporizer pen.
4. Any of various other pen-shaped devices, such as a laser pointer.
5. The chitinous internal shell of a squid.
6. A pen shell.
7. pens Archaic The primary feathers or wings of a bird.
tr.v. penned, pen·ning, pens
To write or compose: penned a letter.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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