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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. 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)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pen

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