Pin meaning
Pin is defined as to fasten or attach two of more things together.
An example of to pin is a seamstress attaching two pieces of fabric together before sewing them.
verb
The definition of a pin is something small used for holding things together or for support.
An example of a pin is what women use to hold their hair in up-do hairstyles.
An example of a pin is what you would use to attach a piece of paper to a corkboard.
noun
A slender, usually cylindrical piece of wood or metal for holding or fastening parts together, or serving as a support for suspending one thing from another, as:
- A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.
- A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.
- A cotter pin.
- The part of a key stem entering a lock.
- One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.
- A belaying pin.
- A thole pin.
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An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.
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A rolling pin.
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The legs.
Is steady on his pins.
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A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system.
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To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.
verb
To transfix.
verb
To place in a position of trusting dependence.
He pinned his faith on an absurdity.
verb
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To give (a woman) a fraternity pin in token of attachment.
verb
Having a grain suggestive of the heads of pins. Used of leather.
adjective
Personal identification number.
abbreviation
A peg of wood, metal, etc., used esp. for fastening or holding things together or as a support on which to hang things.
noun
A little piece of stiff wire with a pointed end and a flattened or rounded head, used for fastening things together or holding them in place; straight pin.
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Something worthless or insignificant; trifle.
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A pointed instrument for holding the hair, a hat, etc. in place.
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Anything like a pin in form, use, etc.
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An ornament, badge, or emblem having a pin or clasp with which it is fastened to the clothing.
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The leg.
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Any of the bottle-shaped pieces of wood, or wood coated with plastic, at which the ball is rolled.
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A pole with a flag attached, placed in the hole of a green to mark its location.
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A metal rod used to hold a broken bone together.
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Any of the pegs for regulating the tension of the strings of a piano, harp, etc.
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To fasten with or as with a pin.
verb
To pierce with a pin.
verb
To hold firmly in one place or position.
verb
To give one's fraternity pin to, as an informal token of betrothal.
verb
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An identification number entered on a keypad in order to gain access to a computer, ATM, etc.
noun
A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.
noun
To fasten or secure with a pin or pins.
verb
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A type of diode used as a light detector in optical transmission systems. A PIN comprises three layers of semiconducting material in the forward current-carrying direction. The first layer is chemically doped, i.e., infused with impurities, to create a positive (p) electromagnetic region.The second layer is either undoped or lightly doped to retain its intrinsic (i) properties and, therefore, is neither strongly positive nor strongly negative. The third layer is doped to create a negative (n) electromagnetic region. So, the diode structure is Positive, Intrinsic, and Negative, or PIN. A PIN generates a single electron from each photon received and, therefore, does not provide a significant gain, or increase in signal strength. However, PINs are fairly rugged and inexpensive. PINs generally are matched with light-emitting diode (LED) and vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) light sources and multimode (MMF) glass optical fiber (GOF) or plastic optical fiber (POF) in relatively low speed, short haul fiber optic transmission systems (FOTS). See also diode, dopant, FOTS, GOF, laser diode, LED, light detector, MMF, POF, and VCSEL.
(in plural pins; informal) A leg.
I'm not so good on my pins these days.
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(US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
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(curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
The shot landed right on the pin.
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One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
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A thing of small value; a trifle.
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(often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
verb
(chess, usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
verb
(wrestling) To pin down (someone).
verb
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
verb
(computing, graphical user interface) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
To pin a window to the Taskbar.
verb
Personal identification number.
acronym
pin down
- To get (someone) to make a decision, commitment, etc.
- To determine or confirm (a fact, details, etc.).
idiom
pin someone's ears back
- To beat, defeat, or scold someone soundly.
idiom
pin something on someone
- To lay the blame for something on someone.
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of pin
- Middle English from Old English pinn perhaps from Latin pinna feather pet- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt"), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnÅ, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail"), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge"). Cognate with Dutch pin (“peg, pin"), Low German pin, pinne (“pin, point, nail, peg"), German Pinn, Pinne (“pin, tack, peg"), Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer (“sharpened point"), Danish pind (“pin, pointed stick"), Norwegian pinn (“knitting-needle"), Swedish pinne (“peg, rod, stick"), Icelandic pinni (“pin"). More at pintle.
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