PEN
WordNet
noun
(1) Female swan
(2) A writing implement with a point from which ink flows
(3) An enclosure for confining livestock
(4) A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
(5) A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
verb
(6) Produce a literary work
"She composed a poem"
"He wrote four novels"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
- There are two steers in the third pen.
- A place to confine a person; 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.
Etymology 2
penne, from penne, from penna 'feather'.
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- A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.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.
- The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
Related terms
- ball pen
- ball-point pen
- border pen
- bull pen
- cartridge pen
- felt-tip pen
- fountain pen
- goose pen
- lettering pen
- pen cancellation
- pen feather
- pen-mate
- penmanship
- pen name
- pen pal
- poison pen