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pinning
pin P0307900 (pĭn)n.1. a. A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.b. Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.c. A whit; a jot: didn't care a pin about the matter.2. A slender, usually cylindrical piece of wood or metal for holding or fastening parts together, or serving as a support for suspending one thing from another, as:a. A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.b. A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.c. A cotter pin.d. The part of a key stem entering a lock.e. Music One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.f. Nautical A belaying pin.g. Nautical A thole pin.3. An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.4. A rolling pin.5. Sports a. One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.b. A flagstick.c. See fall.6. pins Informal The legs: is steady on his pins.7. Electronics A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system.8. Computers a. Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.b. Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.c. Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.tr.v. pinned, pin·ning, pins 1. To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.2. To transfix.3. To place in a position of trusting dependence: He pinned his faith on an absurdity.4. a. To hold fast; immobilize: He was pinned under the wreckage of the truck.b. Sports To win a fall from in wrestling.5. To give (a woman) a fraternity pin in token of attachment.adj. Having a grain suggestive of the heads of pins. Used of leather.Phrasal Verbs: pin down1. To fix or establish clearly: She pinned down the cause of the accident.2. To force (someone) to give firm opinions or precise information: The reporter pinned the governor down on the issue of taxes. pin on To attribute (a crime) to (someone): The murder was pinned on the wrong suspect.
[Middle English, from Old English pinn, perhaps from Latin pinna, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
PIN P0307900 (pĭn)abbr. personal identification numberThesaurus| Noun | 1. | pinning - a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pinpromise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future |
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pinning[′pin·iŋ] (solid-state physics) The hindering of motion of dislocations in a solid, and the consequent hardening of the solid, by impurities which collect near the dislocations, resulting in a large energy barrier being imposed against the motion of the dislocations. pinning1. Fastening or securing with a pin. 2. A foundation or underpinning.pinning
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