Pin
[pɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things.
(noun.) a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
(noun.) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green.
(noun.) cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown.
(noun.) informal terms for the leg; 'fever left him weak on his sticks'.
(verb.) immobilize a piece.
(verb.) attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; 'pin the needle to the shirt'. 'pin the blame on the innocent man'.
(verb.) pierce with a pin; 'pin down the butterfly'.
Checker: Nellie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To peen.
(v. t.) To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
(n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
(n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
(n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
(n.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use
(n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
(n.) A linchpin.
(n.) A rolling-pin.
(n.) A clothespin.
(n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
(n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
(n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
(n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
(n.) Mood; humor.
(n.) Caligo. See Caligo.
(n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
(n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
(n.) To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.
Edited by ELLA
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Peg, BOLT.[2]. Straw (as something of no value), fig, button, rush, feather, farthing, brass farthing.
v. a. [1]. Fasten with a pin.[2]. Fasten, fix, make fast.
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Definition
n. an induration of the membranes of the eye cataract.
n. a piece of wood or of metal used for fastening things together: a peg or nail: a sharp-pointed piece of wire with a rounded head for fastening clothes: anything that holds parts together: a piece of wood set up on end to be knocked down by a bowl as in skittles: a peg used in musical instruments for fastening the strings: anything of little value.—v.t. to fasten with a pin: to fasten: to enclose: to seize and hold fast:—pr.p. pin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. pinned.—ns. Pin′-butt′ock (Shak.) a sharp pointed buttock; Pin′case Pin′cushion a case or cushion for holding pins; Pin′-feath′er a small or short feather.—adj. Pin′-feath′ered.—ns. Pin′-hold a place where a pin is fixed; Pin′-hole a hole made by a pin: a very small opening; Pin′-mon′ey money allowed to a wife by her husband for private expenses originally to buy pins; Pin′ner one who pins or fastens: a pin-maker: a pinafore: a head-dress with a lappet flying loose; Pin′-point the point of a pin: a trifle; Pin′tail a genus of ducks one handsome species of which is a winter visitor to many parts of the British coast.—adj. Pin′tailed having a long narrow tail.—n. Pin′-wheel a contrate wheel in which the cogs are pins set into the disc: a form of firework constructed to revolve rapidly while burning.—v.t. Pin′work to work flax-yarn on a wooden pin so as to make it more supple for ease in packing.—Pin-fire cartridge a cartridge for breech-loading guns; Pins and needles a feeling as of pricking under the skin formication.—In merry pin in a merry humour; On one's pins on one's legs: in good condition.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of pins, augurs differences and quarrels ill families. To a young woman, they warn her of unladylike conduct towards her lover. To dream of swallowing a pin, denotes that accidents will force you into perilous conditions. To lose one, implies a petty loss or disagreement. To see a bent or rusty pin, signifies that you will lose esteem because of your careless ways. To stick one into your flesh, denotes that some person will irritate you.
Editor: Robert
Unserious Contents or Definition
The best dresser in a woman's acquaintance—of remarkable penetration and true as steel, seldom loses its head, follows its own bent and carries its point in whatever it undertakes.
Typist: Pansy
Examples
- The most efficient form of water motor is the turbine, a strong metal wheel shaped somewhat like a pin wheel, inclosed in a heavy metal case. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If the central depths were untouched, hardly a pin-point of surface remained the same. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He has a watch and a chain and a ring and a breast-pin and a handsome suit of clothes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She put a white gown on me and pinned it at the neck in back with a safety pin. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She now loves me, and would not defraud me of a pin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Pin it round your neck, and then it will be useful, said Laurie, looking down at the little blue boots, which he evidently approved of. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- When the notes were due, a messenger came around from the bank with the note and a protest pinned to it for $1. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She put a white gown on me and pinned it at the neck in back with a safety pin. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was pinned like a beetle on a card. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I twisted the shafting one way and the tube the other as far as I could, and pinned them together. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I put it on and pinned it in back at the neck. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I saw, for the first time, that the lost brooch was pinned in its place again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Show her a man in a blue jacket, and, figuratively speaking, she pinned him instantly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The conductor from the hopper to the machine is made of two strips of steel, down which the pins, held by their heads, slide. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Am I responsible for putting back the pins? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At the pins end of the bed, this forms one of the sides and the bottom of the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Many tons of pins are made in the United States weekly, and it is said that 20,000,000 pins a day are required to meet the demand. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The whitening is done by boiling the pins in a large copper kettle, which also contains layers of grained tin and a solution of argol or bitartrate of potash. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The sticking machine is of a simple construction, but is wonderful in operation, and requires no attention by the operator, except to keep it supplied with pins and papers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first American pins were made in Rhode Island, during the Revolution, by Jeremiah Wilkinson. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fiend pinning down the thief's pack behind him, I passed over quickly: it was an object of terror. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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