pen
noun
[ pɛn ]
• 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.
pen
verb
• write or compose.
• "Olivia penned award-winning poetry"
Origin:
Middle English (originally denoting a feather with a sharpened quill): from Old French penne, from Latin penna ‘feather’ (in late Latin ‘pen’).
pen
noun
• a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept.
• "a sheep pen"
Similar:
enclosure,
fold,
sheepfold,
pound,
compound,
paddock,
stockade,
sty,
coop,
cage,
stall,
lock-up,
corral,
parrock,
kraal,
potrero,
• (in the West Indies) a farm or plantation.
pen
verb
• put or keep (an animal) in a pen.
• "it was the practice to pen the sheep for clipping"
Similar:
confine,
enclose,
impound,
shut in,
fence in,
hurdle,
rail in,
coop (up),
immure,
mew up,
box up/in,
lock up/in,
cage,
imprison,
intern,
hold captive,
incarcerate,
encircle,
surround,
ring,
encompass,
hem in,
close in,
hedge in,
trap,
kettle,
corral,
Origin:
Old English penn, of unknown origin.
pen
noun
• a female swan.
Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
pen
noun
• short for penitentiary (sense 1).
• "you could get twenty years in a federal pen for shooting your mouth off like that"
PEN
abbreviation
• International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.
• Peruvian nuevo sol(es).
Pen.
abbreviation
• Peninsula.
