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Definition of Pen

1. Noun. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.

2. Verb. Produce a literary work. "Sam and Sue pen the movie "; "He wrote four novels"

3. Noun. An enclosure for confining livestock.

4. Noun. A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play.

5. Noun. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes.

6. Noun. Female swan.

Definition of Pen

1. n. A feather.

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

3. v. t. 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.

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

Definition of Pen

1. Noun. An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. ¹

2. Noun. A place to confine a person; a prison cell. ¹

3. Noun. (baseball) The bullpen. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To enclose in a pen. ¹

5. Noun. A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks. ¹

6. Noun. (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen. ¹

7. Noun. (context: now rare poetic dialectal) A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.). ¹

9. Noun. A female swan. ¹

10. Noun. penalty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pen

1. to write with a pen (an instrument for writing with fluid ink) [v PENNED, PENNING, PENS]

Medical Definition of Pen

1. 1. A feather. 2. A wing. 3. 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. "Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock." (Job xix. 24) 4. A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." 5. The internal shell of a squid. 6. [Etymol. Uncertain. A female swan. Bow pen. See Bow-pen. Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines. Drawing, or Ruling, pen, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See Fountain, and Geometric. Music pen, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. Pen and ink, or pen-and-ink, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. Pen feather. A pin feather. Pen name. See Name. Sea pen, a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen. Origin: OE. Penne, OF. Penne, pene, F. Penne, fr. L. Penna. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pen

pemphigous pemphigus pemphigus acutus pemphigus contagiosus pemphigus erythematosus pemphigus foliaceus pemphigus gangrenosus pemphigus leprosus pemphigus vegetans pemphigus vulgaris

pemphiguses pemphix pemphixes pempidine pemtumomab pen (current term) pen- pen-and-ink pen-and-wash pen-friend

pen-name pen-pusher pen-tail pen-tailed tree shrew pen-tip velocity pen and ink pen drive pen drives pen friend pen name

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