pencil
noun
[ ˈpɛns(ə)l ]
• an instrument for writing or drawing, consisting of a thin stick of graphite or a similar substance enclosed in a long thin piece of wood or fixed in a cylindrical case.
• "have a pencil and paper ready"
• a set of light rays, lines, etc. converging to or diverging narrowly from a single point.
pencil
verb
• write, draw, or colour with a pencil.
• "a previous owner has pencilled their name inside the cover"
Similar:
write,
write down,
jot down,
note,
set down,
take down,
inscribe,
scribble,
rough out,
write roughly,
scrawl,
pen,
compose,
draft,
formulate,
draw up,
dash off,
put in writing,
put down on paper,
commit to paper,
put in black and white,
draw,
trace,
plot,
chart,
sketch,
outline,
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a fine paintbrush): from Old French pincel, from a diminutive of Latin peniculus ‘brush’, diminutive of penis ‘tail’. The verb was originally (early 16th century) in the sense ‘paint with a fine brush’.