pen

The definition of a pen is a small yard or animal enclosure, or an tool used to draw or write with ink.

(noun)

Pen is defined as to write something using pen and ink.

(verb)

An example of to pen is using an ink pen to write a to do list.

See pen in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

transitive verb penned or pent, penning

to confine or enclose in or as in a pen

noun

Historical a heavy quill or feather trimmed to a split point, used for writing with ink
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
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
Archaic a feather or quill; esp., a heavy wing feather
Zool. the quill-shaped internal shell of a squid

Origin: 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

to write with or as with a pen: penned verses filled with pain

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noun

Slang a penitentiary

noun

a female swan

Origin: < ?

peninsula

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

See pen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.
An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression: “Tyranny has no enemy so formidable as the pen” (William Cobbett).
A writer or an author: a hired pen.
A style of writing: wrote plays with a witty pen.
pens Pinions.
The chitinous internal shell of a squid.

transitive verb penned penned, pen·ning, pens

To write or compose with or as if with a pen.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English penne

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin penna

Origin: , from Latin, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots

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noun

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.
A repair dock for submarines.