pen

Speech parts

1. pen - Noun

2. pen - Verb

4. Pen - Proper noun

Meaning

A feather.

A wing.

An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.

Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

The internal shell of a squid.

A female swan.

To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.

A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

penitentiary quill corral write prison jail compose fold enclosure stockade indite bay brig croft cote
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Antonyms

liberty mallet mace release club destroyer
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Hypernyms

swan enclosure correctional institution create verbally writing implement

Hyponyms

quill rodeo paddock sharpie author corral

Phrases with the word

pen knife Pen-ch'i you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell you don't dip your pen in the inkwell marking pen felttipped pen

Derivatives

penned penning pent

Examples

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. Sydney Smith

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. Graham Greene

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. Max Beerbohm

The pen is mightier than the sword. Dutch Proverb

The pen is mightier than the sword. English Proverb

The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance. Nicaraguan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

PEMS PEMT pemtumomab pen and ink pen and paper pen box