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pen
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Meanings
noun
  • an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder.
  • the tapering cartilaginous internal shell of a squid.
verb
  • write or compose.
    E.g. Olivia penned award-winning poetry
noun
  • a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept.
    E.g. a sheep pen
  • (in the West Indies) a farm or plantation.
verb
  • put or keep (an animal) in a pen.
    E.g. it was the practice to pen the sheep for clipping
noun
  • a female swan.
noun
  • short for penitentiary (sense 1).
    E.g. you could get twenty years in a federal pen for shooting your mouth off like that
PEN
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Meanings
abbreviation
  • International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.
  • Peruvian nuevo sol(es).
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Meanings
abbreviation
  • Peninsula.

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