pen

[pen]

A pen is an ink filled tool that you use for writing or drawing. Doing a crossword puzzle with a pen shows a lot of self confidence, since you can't erase your answers.

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A feather.

Noun
female swan

Noun
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

Noun
an enclosure for confining livestock

Noun
a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

Noun
a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

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Verb
produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

n.
A feather.

n.
A wing.

n.
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.

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

n.
The internal shell of a squid.

n.
A female swan.

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

n. & v.
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.

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

Pen

Pen , n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. 3. 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.
Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock.
4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." Fuller. 5. (Zo'94l.) The internal shell of a squid. 6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo'94l.) A female swan. [Prov. Eng.] Bow pen. See Bow-pen. -- Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines. -- Drawing, ∨ Ruling, pen, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. -- Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See under Fountain, and Geometric. -- Music pen, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. -- Pen and ink, ∨ pen-and-ink, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. -- Pen feather. A pin feather. [Obs.] -- Pen name. See under Name. -- Sea pen (Zo'94l.), a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen.]

Pen

Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Penning .] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. "A prayer elaborately penned." Milton.

Pen

Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned or Pent (); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See Pin, n. & v.] 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. "Away with her, and pen her up." Shak.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.

Pen

Pen, n. [From Pen to shut in.] A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
My father stole two geese out of a pen.

A feather.

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.

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Usage Examples

Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it.

Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

The Arab World is writing a new future the pen is in our own hands.

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes.

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.

I do actually dabble in a bit of poetry! And I'm yet to pen a script, but it is something that I've been telling myself I want to do.

To hold a pen is to be at war.