pawn

Speech parts

1. pawn - Noun

2. pawn - Verb

Meaning

See Pan, the masticatory.

A man or piece of the lowest rank.

Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.

State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.

A stake hazarded in a wager.

To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.

To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hock lackey tool minion instrument pledge mortgage soak dupe stooge peon hypothecate underling cat's-paw gage
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Antonyms

bear enemy criminal compensate deny attacker
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Hypernyms

chessman help assistant charge borrowing pledge

Phrases with the word

pawn grabbing Double King's Pawn Opening put in pawn living pawn

Derivatives

pawned pawning

Anagrams

WPAN

Examples

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink. E. E. Cummings

No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity. Edmund Burke

The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. Howard Staunton

At the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag. English Proverb

At the end of the game, the pawn and the king go back in the same box. Italian Proverb

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Pawlowski Pawlyn pawmark pawn break pawn chain pawn cube