pens
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/pɛnz/
English
Definitions
noun
- An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.“There are two steers in the third pen.”
- A prison cell.“They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.”
- The bullpen.“Two righties are up in the pen.”
verb
- To enclose in a pen.
noun
- A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.“He took notes with a pen.”
- A writer, or his style.“He has a sharp pen.”
- Marks of ink left by a pen.“He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.”
- A light pen.
verb
- To write (an article, a book, etc.).
noun
- A female swan.
noun
- Penalty.
noun
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
- In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p.
- In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
- In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
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