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pen ¹  (pn)

n.

1. An instrument for writing or drawing with ink or similar fluid, especially:

a. A ballpoint pen.

b. A fountain pen.

c. A pen point.

d. A penholder and its pen point.

e. A quill.

2. An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression: "Tyranny has no enemy so formidable as the pen" (William Cobbett).

3. A writer or an author: a hired pen.

4. A style of writing: wrote plays with a witty pen.

5. pens Pinions.

6. The chitinous internal shell of a squid.

tr.v. penned, pen·ning, pens

To write or compose with or as if with a pen.

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[Middle English penne, from Old French, from Late Latin penna, from Latin, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

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penner n.

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pen ²  (pn)

n.

1.

a. A fenced enclosure for animals.

b. The animals kept in such an enclosure.

c. Any of various enclosures, such as a bullpen or playpen, used for a variety of purposes.

2. A repair dock for submarines.

tr.v. penned or pent (pnt), pen·ning, pens

To confine in or as if in a pen. See Synonyms at enclose.

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[Middle English, from Old English penn.]

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pen ³  (pn)

n.

A female swan.

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[Origin unknown.]

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pen ⁴  (pn)

n. Informal

A penitentiary; a prison.

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[Short for penitentiary.]

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PEN [pɛn]

n acronym for

(Literary & Literary Critical Movements) International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists

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pen¹

n

1. an implement for writing or drawing using ink, formerly consisting of a sharpened and split quill, and now of a metal nib attached to a holder See also ballpoint, fountain pen

2. the writing end of such an implement; nib

3. style of writing

the pen

a.  (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Business / Professions) writing as an occupation

b.  the written word the pen is mightier than the sword

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the long horny internal shell of a squid

vb pens, penning, penned

(tr) to write or compose

[Old English pinne, from Late Latin penna (quill) pen, from Latin: feather]

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pen²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) an enclosure in which domestic animals are kept sheep pen

2. any place of confinement

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a dock for servicing submarines, esp one having a bombproof roof

vb pens, penning, penned, pent

(tr) to enclose or keep in a pen

[Old English penn, perhaps related to pin]

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pen³

n

(Law) US and Canadian informal short for penitentiary [1]

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pen⁴

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a female swan

[of unknown origin]

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pen

• lapsus calami, lapsus memoriae - A lapsus calami is a slip of the pen; a lapsus memoriae is a slip of the memory.
• ruling pen - A type of pen used in graphic design and calligraphy for drawing precise lines of various thicknesses.
• nom de plume - Literally "name of the pen," meaning "pseudonym."
• trait - A stroke of a pen or pencil.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pen - a writing implement with a point from which ink flows ballpen, ballpoint, ballpoint pen, Biro - a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper felt tip, felt-tip pen, felt-tipped pen, Magic Marker - a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker) fountain pen - a pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel nib, pen nib - the writing point of a pen quill, quill pen - pen made from a bird's feather Sharpie - a pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface writing implement - an implement that is used to write
	2.	pen - an enclosure for confining livestock cattle pen, corral, cow pen - a pen for cattle creep - a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold, fold - a pen for sheep holding paddock, holding pen, holding yard - a pen where livestock is temporarily confined kraal - a pen for livestock in southern Africa paddock - pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race pinfold - a pen where stray animals are confined rodeo - an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up pigpen, pigsty, sty - a pen for swine
	3.	pen - a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play playpen enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
	4.	pen - a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes penitentiary correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
	5.	pen - female swan swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
Verb	1.	pen - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" indite, write, compose authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" draw - write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office" create verbally - create with or from words lyric - write lyrics for (a song) write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China" profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher paragraph - write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper" write off - write something fluently, and without hesitation dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" publish, write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract" script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"

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pen¹

verb write (down), draft, compose, pencil, draw up, scribble, take down, inscribe, scrawl, jot down, dash off, commit to paper She penned a short memo to his private secretary.

Quotations
"Beneath the rule of men entirely great"
"The pen is mightier than the sword" [Edward Bulwer-Lytton Richelieu]

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pen²

noun

enclosure, pound, fold, cage, coop, hutch, corral (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), sty a holding pen for sheep

verb

enclose, confine, cage, pound, mew (up), fence in, impound, hem in, coop up, hedge in, shut up or in The cattle had been milked and penned for the night.

Translations

pen¹ [pen]

A. N (= fountain pen) → (pluma f) estilográfica f, pluma f, pluma f fuente(LAm); (= ballpoint) → bolígrafo m; (= felt tip) → rotulador m
to live by the or one's pen → ganarse la vida escribiendo
to put pen to paper → ponerse a escribir
to wield a pen (liter) → menear cálamo
see also marker, slip A2

B. VT [+ letter, article, book] → escribir; [+ poem, song] → componer

C. CPD pen-and-ink drawing N → dibujo m a pluma
pen friend N → amigo/a m/f por correspondencia
pen name N → seudónimo m, nombre m de guerra
pen nib N → punta f (de pluma)
pen pal N = pen friend pen wiper N → limpiaplumas m inv

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pen² [pen]

A. N

1. (= enclosure) (for cattle) → corral m; (for sheep) → redil m, aprisco m; (for bulls) → toril m; (= playpen) → parque m (de niño), corral m

2. (US) (= prison) (also penitentiary) → cárcel f, chirona f (Sp)

B. VT [+ animal] → encerrar, acorralar; [+ person] I've been penned in the kitchen all day → he estado metida en la cocina todo el día

pen in VT + ADV [+ animal] → encerrar, acorralar
she was penned in by the crowd → se encontraba acorralada por la muchedumbre
the French had the enemy penned in → los franceses tenían al enemigo cercado

pen up VT + ADV [+ animal] = pen in

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pen³ [pen] N (Orn) → cisne m hembra

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pen [ˈpɛn]

n

(for writing) → stylo m
to put pen to paper → prendre la plume

(= enclosure) (for sheep) → parc m

(US) (= prison) → taule f
the pen → la taule
in the pen → en taule

vt

(= write) [+ letter, memo] → écrire

pen in

vt sep
to be penned in [animal] → être parqué(e); [person] → être parqué(e)

pen up

vt sep
to be penned up [animal] → être parqué(e)
The cattle were penned up for the night → On a parqué le bétail pour la nuit.; [one person] → être enfermé(e)
I had to stay in my room, penned up like a prisoner → J'ai dû rester dans ma chambre, enfermé comme un prisonnier.; [group of people] → être parqué(e)
They were penned up in there for weeks → Ils sont restés parqués là pendant des semaines.

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pen:

pen pal

n (inf) → Brieffreund(in) m(f)

penpusher

n → Schreiberling m

penpushing

n → Schreiberei f, → Schreibkram m

adj → Schreib-; pen work → Schreibarbeit f; pen clerk → Bürohengst m (inf)

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pen¹

n (= dip pen) → Feder f; (= fountain pen) → Füllfederhalter m, → Füller m; (= ball-point pen) → Kugelschreiber m, → Kuli m (inf); to put pen to paper → zur Feder greifen; the pen is mightier than the sword (prov) → die Feder ist mächtiger als das Schwert

vt → niederschreiben; poem etc also → verfassen

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pen²

n

(for cattle etc) → Pferch m; (for sheep) → Hürde f; (for pigs) → Koben m; (= play pen) → Laufstall m, → Ställchen nt, → Laufgitter nt

(US inf: = prison) → Bau m (inf), → Knast m (inf)

(for submarines) → Bunker m

vt → einsperren

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pen³

n (= swan) → weiblicher Schwan

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pen¹ [pɛn]

1. n (for animals) → recinto, chiuso; (playpen) → box m inv (Am) (fam) (prison) → gattabuia

2. vt (also pen in, pen up) → rinchiudere

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pen² [pɛn]

1. n (gen) → penna; (felt-tip pen) → pennarello
to put pen to paper → prendere la penna in mano

2. vt (frm) → scrivere

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pen¹

n pen [pen]

a small enclosure, usually for animals a sheep-pen. hok, kampie حَظيرَه кошара chlév, kotec, ohrádka fold; -fold der Pferch μαντρί corral aedik آغل karsina enclos דִיר लेखनी, कलम pero karám kandang terbuka stía, rétt, kví recinto おり (가축) 우리 aptvaras, gardas aploks; aizgalds petak hok, kooi binge, bås; innhegning zagroda cercado ţarc загон ohrada ograda tor fålla, kätte คอก ağıl 圍欄，圍圈 невеликий загін احاطہ chỗ quây kín 围栏，围圈

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pen²

n pen [pen]

an instrument for writing in ink My pen needs a new nib. pen قَلَم перо pero pen der Federhalter πένα, στιλό pluma (kirjutus)sulg قلم mustekynä plume עֵט कलम nalivpero toll fulpen penni penna ペン 펜촉 plunksnakotis, rašiklis rakstāmspalva; pildspalva pen pen penn pióro caneta stilou ручка pero pero penkalo bläckpenna ปากกา (mürekkepli) kalem 鋼筆 перо; ручка قلم cái bút 钢笔

nouns pen-friend, ˈpen-pal

a usually young person (usually living abroad) with whom another (usually young) person regularly exchanges letters My daughter has pen-friends in India and Spain. penvriend, korrespondent صَديق المُراسَلَه човек, с когото някой си пише често писма přítel(kyně) na dopisování penneven der/die Brieffreund(in) φίλος δι' αλληλογραφίας amigo por correspondencia kirjasõber دوست مکاتبه ای kirjeenvaihtotoveri correspondant/-ante חָבֵר לָעֵט पत्रमित्र prijatelj preko dopisivanja levelezőtárs sahabat pena pennavinur corrispondente, amico di penna ペンフレンド 펜팔, 편지친구 susi rašinėjimo draugas vēstuļu draugs sahabat pena correspondentievriend(in) brevvenn znajomy z korespondencji correspondente знакомый по переписке priateľ, -ka na dopisovanie dopisovalec prijatelj za dopsivanje brevvän เพื่อนที่ติดต่อกันทางจดหมาย mektup arkadaşı 筆友 знайомий по листуванню قلمي دوست bạn qua thư 笔友

n pen-knife

a pocket-knife with blades which fold into the handle. sakmes, knipmes سِكِّين جَيْب сгъваем нож kapesní nůž lommekniv das Taschenmesser σουγιάς navaja sulenuga چاقوی جیبی linkkuveitsi canif אוֹלָר मुड़ने वाला चाकू džepni nožić zsebkés pisau lipat vasahnífur pugnale 懐中ナイフ 주머니칼 lenktinis peiliukas saliecamais nazītis pisau lipat pennemes lommekniv scyzoryk canivete briceag перочинный нож vreckový nôž žepni nož ručni nožić pennkniv มีดพก çakı 鉛筆刀 складаний ножик جيبي چاقو dao nhíp 铅笔刀

n pen-name

a name used by a writer instead of his own name Samuel Clemens used the pen-name of Mark Twain. skuilnaam إسم مُسْتَعار للكاتِب псевдоним pseudonym pseudonym das Pseudonym φιλολογικό ψευδώνυμο seudónimo kirjanikunimi نام مستعار kirjailijanimi pseudonyme, nom de plume שֶׁם עֵט उपनाम pseudonim írói álnév nama samaran höfundarnafn pseudonimo, (nome d'arte) ペンネーム 필명, 아호 slapyvardis, pseudonimas pseidonīms nama pena schrijversnaam forfatternavn, pseudonym pseudonim literacki pseudónimo pseudo­nim литературный псевдоним pseudonym psevdonim pseudonim pseudonym นามปากกา takma ad 筆名 літературний псевдонім قلمي نام bút danh 笔名

pen-pal, pen-friend

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pen → قلم pero kuglepen Füller στυλό bolígrafo kuulakärkikynä stylo olovka penna ペン 펜 pen penn pióro caneta ручка bläckpenna ปากกา kalem cái bút 书写笔