pen

[pen] or [pɛn]

Definition

(noun.) female swan.

(noun.) a writing implement with a point from which ink flows.

(noun.) an enclosure for confining livestock.

Edited by Johanna--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A feather.

(n.) A wing.

(n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.

(n.) Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

(n.) The internal shell of a squid.

(n.) A female swan.

(v. t.) To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

(n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.

(n.) A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

Inputed by Camille

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Write, compose, indite.[2]. Incage, coop, confine, enclose, impound, imprison, incarcerate, shut up, shut in, hem in, wall in, rail in.

n. Enclosure, COOP, PENFOLD, pinfold, pound.

Editor: Marilyn

Definition

v.t. to shut up: to confine in a small enclosure:—pr.p. pen′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. penned or pent.—n. a small enclosure: a fold for animals: a coop.

n. one of the large feathers of the wing of a bird: an instrument used for writing formerly made of the feather of a bird but now of steel &c.: style of writing: a female swan—opp. to Cob.—v.t. to write to commit to paper:—pr.p. pen′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. penned.—adj. Pen′-and-ink′ written literary: executed with pen and ink as a drawing.—ns. Pen′-case a holder for a pen or pens; Pen′craft skill in penmanship: the art of composition; Pen′-driv′er a clerk; Pen′ful what one can write with one dip of ink; Pen′-hold′er a holder for pens or nibs; Pen′-wī′per a piece of cloth leather &c. for wiping pens after use; Pen′-wom′an a female writer.

Typed by Leigh