Pen
Definitions
- An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
- Abbreviation of polyethylene naphthalate.
- A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
- A female swan.
- Penalty.
- Penetration.
- A diminutive of the female given name Penelope.
- The 68th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
- Abbreviation of penalty (a scorecard score when a skater is penalized out of their skate).
- A writer, or their style.
- The bullpen.
- Marks of ink left by a pen.
- A light pen.
- The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
- A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
- A wing.
- A syringe-like device for injecting a dose of medication such as insulin or epinephrine. (See Injector pen.)
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Ellipsis of vapor pen (“electronic cigarette”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Equivalents
84 more languages
አማርኛብዕር
བོད་སྐད།སྨྱུག་གུ
Bosanskibasbašbolibutfedergladiokalemkaramkemijska olovkakralopenapeneperopisačplajvazposadarenručkaštiftкалемкошараперописаљкаручка
Catalàbolígraf
Euskaraluma
Hausaalƙalami
Hrvatskibasbašbolibutfedergladiokalemkaramkemijska olovkakralopenapeneperopisačplajvazposadarenručkaštiftкалемкошараперописаљкаручка
Հայերենգրիչ
LëtzebuergeschStëft
Lietuviųplunksna
Te Reo Māoripene
മലയാളംപേന
Монголүзэг
मराठीलेखणी
Maltipinna
नेपालीकलम
ଓଡ଼ିଆକଲମ
Русскийавторучказагонзаключатьзаключитьзаперетьзапиратькошаралебёдкалебёдушканапи́сатьперописатьручкашариковая ручка
Ikinyarwandaikaramu
සිංහලපෑන
Slovenčinapero
Slovenščinapero
Soomaaliqalin
Српскиbašbasbolibutfedergladiokalemkaramkemijska olovkakralopenapeneperopisačplajvazposadarenručkaštiftкалемкошараперописаљкаручка
Тоҷикӣқалам
ትግርኛብርዒ
Türkmençeruçka
Tagalogpluma
اردوقلم
Yorùbákalamu
Examples
“There are two steers in the third pen.”
“They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.”
“Two righties are up in the pen.”
“He took notes with a pen.”
“Please⟳ use⟳ a pen, not a pencil, when filling out this form⟳. Use⟳ black or blue ink only.”
“He has a sharp pen.”
“those learned pens”
“He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.”
“A pen is nothing more complex than a decalcified shell, so one mutation of the genes that controlled calcification could be all it took.”
“And eke the pennes, that did his pineons bynd, Were like⟳ mayne-yards, with flying canuas lynd, With which whenas him liſt the ayre to beat⟳ […]”
“but feather'd soon and fledge They summed their pens, and soaring the air sublime”
“"I'm sure she had more than one EpiPen […]" "But she didn't have⟳ one when she got stung or she'd have⟳ used it." By all appearances, Mariah died in the woods, […] If she managed to grab⟳ the pen found under her leg from her bag or pocket, she never discharged it. But Crystal doesn't have⟳ these details. "Doesn't it make⟳ sense⟳ that she kept an extra pen in her cupboard, and one in her bag? The extra pen fell out, is all."”
“a dab pen; a wax pen”
“England won 3-1 on pens.”
“"Listen⟳, Pen. We are here for the duration. You have⟳ to let⟳ her in a bit."”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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