pen

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

pens

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

pen

past (v2)

penned

past participle (v3)

penned

present participle

penning

3rd person singular

pens

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

   • There are two steers in the third pen.

2. 2.A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.(slang)

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

3. 3.The bullpen.

   • Two righties are up in the pen.

4. 4.A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

   • Please use a pen, not a pencil, when filling out this form. Use black or blue ink only.
   • He took notes with a pen.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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

   • It was in this era, too, that author and Scotland the Brave songwriter Cliff Hanley penned The Glasgow Underground, a tongue-in-cheek love letter to the Subway in song.

2. 2.To enclose in a pen.

   • Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.

3. 3.To write or draw on (a surface) with a pen.

   • Beside it, another wooden table with a guestbook penned with names and addresses.

Overall

Uncommon· #3683

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Word family

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