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pencil in
pen·cil P0160600 (pĕn′səl)n.1. A narrow, generally cylindrical implement for writing, drawing, or marking, consisting of a thin rod of graphite, colored wax, or similar substance encased in wood or held in a mechanical holder.2. Something shaped or used like a pencil, especially a narrow medicated or cosmetic stick: an eyebrow pencil.3. a. A style or technique in drawing or delineating.b. Descriptive skill: "His characters are drawn with a strong pencil" (Henry Hallam).c. An artist's brush, especially a fine one.4. Physics A beam of radiant energy in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder.5. Mathematics A family of geometric objects, such as lines, that have a common property, such as passage through a given line in a given plane.tr.v. pen·ciled, pen·cil·ing, pen·cils also pen·cilled or pen·cil·ling 1. To write or produce by using a pencil.2. To mark or color with or as if with a pencil.Phrasal Verbs: pencil in1. To schedule tentatively: penciled in a staff meeting for 3:00.2. To schedule a tentative appointment with: penciled him in for lunch next Monday. pencil out1. To calculate or estimate (projected profits and losses or other figures): penciled out the likely sales for the new product.2. To appear likely to be of sufficient benefit to justify the projected costs: rejected the proposed merger because it failed to pencil out.
[Middle English pencel, artist's brush, from Old French pincel, peincel, from Vulgar Latin *pēnicellus, alteration of Latin pēnicillus, diminutive of pēniculus; see pes- in Indo-European rootsdiminutive of pēnis, tail, brush; see pes- in Indo-European roots.]
pen′cil·er, pen′cil·ler n.Translations
pencil in
pencil (one) inTo tentatively or temporarily schedule one for an appointment (that may or may not change). I need to have a date in the system, so I'll just pencil you in for the middle of July—just change it online once you've picked a date you're happy with. They penciled us in for 2 PM, so if we can't make it we have to let them know in advance.See also: pencilpencil (something) in1. To write something in pencil, especially so that one retains the ability to change or erase it later. Why don't we just pencil in the dates we'd like, and we can go back and change them if they're not available? Pencil your answers in, and I'll check them when I'm done with work.2. By extension, to schedule or plan something for a tentative or temporary time or date. Let's pencil in the meeting for December 15th—if there are any issues with the date, we can always change it. They're going to pencil the appointment in for 2 PM.See also: pencilpencil someone or something into write in something with a pencil. (Implies that the writing is not final.) This isn't a firm appointment yet, so I will just pencil it in. I penciled in a tentative answer.See also: pencilpencil inv.1. To write something in with a pencil: The assistant penciled in the editorial changes on the manuscript. After the teacher reviewed my test, I penciled the corrections in. 2. To schedule something tentatively: The secretary penciled in a staff meeting for 3:00. The band penciled a rehearsal in on Friday.3. To schedule a tentative appointment with someone: We penciled him in for lunch next Monday. The interviewers penciled in the applicant for the end of the week.See also: pencilEncyclopediaSeepencilLegalSeePencil |