pen

UK /ˈpɛn/ US /ˈpɛn/
noun 13verb 2name 2

Definitions

noun

1

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

There are two steers in the third pen.

2

A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.

They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.

3

The bullpen.

Two righties are up in the pen.

verb

1

To enclose in a pen.

Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.

noun

1

A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.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

Please use a pen, not a pencil, when filling out this form. Use black or blue ink only.

2

A writer, or their style.

He has a sharp pen.

those learned pens

3

Marks of ink left by a pen.

He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.

4

A light pen.

5

The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

A pen is nothing more complex than a decalcified shell, so one mutation of the genes that controlled calcification could be all it took.

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