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pen (pen)

noun

  1. a small yard or enclosure for domestic animals
  2. the animals so confined
  3. any small enclosure

Etymology: ME < OE penn, prob. akin to pinn, pin

transitive verb penned or pent, penning pen′·ning

to confine or enclose in or as in a pen
pen2 definition

pen (pen)

noun

  1. Historical 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.,
    1. a device with a half-tubular metal point split into two nibs, now used esp. by artists and draftsmen
    2. ballpoint (pen)
    3. fountain pen
  3. the metal point for a pen ()
    1. the pen regarded as an instrument of writing
    2. literary style or expression
    3. writing as a profession
  5. Archaic a feather or quill; esp., a heavy wing feather
  6. Zool. the quill-shaped internal shell of a squid

Etymology: ME penne < OFr, a pen, feather < L pinna, var. of penna, a feather < *petna < IE base *pet-, to fly: see feather

transitive verb penned, penning pen′·ning

to write with or as with a pen penned verses filled with pain
pen3 definition

☆ pen (pen)

noun

Slang a penitentiary
pen4 definition

pen (pen)

noun

a female swan

Etymology: < ?

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PEN (pen)

International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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what about a cloak PEN (like a metal clasp for cloaks)

Posted by anonymous 71 days ago.

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