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penning
pen 1 P0159300 (pĕn)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. a. An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression: "Tyranny has no enemy so formidable as the pen" (William Cobbett).b. A writer or an author: a hired pen.c. A style of writing: wrote plays with a witty pen.3. A pen-shaped device containing something other than ink: an insulin pen; a vaporizer pen.4. Any of various other pen-shaped devices, such as a laser pointer.5. The chitinous internal shell of a squid.6. A pen shell.7. pens Archaic The primary feathers or wings of a bird.tr.v. penned, pen·ning, pens To write or compose: penned a letter.
[Middle English penne, from Old French, from Late Latin penna, from Latin, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
pen′ner n.
pen 2 P0159300 (pĕn)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 roofed dock for submarines.tr.v. penned or pent (pĕnt), pen·ning, pens To confine in or as if in a pen. See Synonyms at enclose.
[Middle English, from Old English penn.]
pen 3 P0159300 (pĕn)n. A female swan.
[Origin unknown.]
pen 4 P0159300 (pĕn)n. Informal A penitentiary; a prison.
[Short for penitentiary.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  penning - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"authorship, writing, compositionverbal creation - creating something by the use of speech and languageadoxography - fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects; "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"; "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers"drafting - writing a first version to be filled out and polished laterdramatisation, dramatization - conversion into dramatic form; "the play was a dramatization of a short story"fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization - writing in a fictional formhistoriography - the writing of historymetrification - writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)novelisation, novelization - converting something into the form of a novelredaction - the act of putting something in writinglexicography - the act of writing dictionariesversification - the art or practice of writing verseindite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"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 paragrapherdash 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"author - be the author of; "She authored this play"co-author - be a co-author on (a book, a paper)ghostwrite, ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"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"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" |
EncyclopediaSeepenPenning
PenningA coin minted in Sweden between the 10th and 16th centuries. It remained an accounting currency until 1777. The plural is penningar.penning
Synonyms for penningnoun the act of creating written worksSynonyms- authorship
- writing
- composition
Related Words- verbal creation
- adoxography
- drafting
- dramatisation
- dramatization
- fabrication
- fictionalisation
- fictionalization
- historiography
- metrification
- novelisation
- novelization
- redaction
- lexicography
- versification
- indite
- pen
- write
- compose
- write about
- write of
- write on
- profile
- paragraph
- dash off
- fling off
- scratch off
- toss off
- knock off
- rewrite
- write copy
- dramatise
- dramatize
- adopt
- draft
- outline
- author
- co-author
- ghostwrite
- ghost
- annotate
- footnote
- reference
- cite
- write out
- write up
- script
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