pen¹ /pen/

1. An instrument used for writing (with ink or otherwise), formerly made of a quill, but now of other materials
2. A nib
3. A nib with a holder
4. Writing
5. Literary style
6. An author
7. A hand-held electronic device applied to a screen to enter data in a computer
8. See also light pen under light¹(computing)
9. A large feather
10. A flight-feather
11. A quill
12. A cuttle-bone

To write, to commit to paper

penˈful noun

1. As much ink as a pen can take at a dip
2. As much as the reservoir of a fountain pen can hold
3. What can be written with one dip of ink

penned adjective

1. Written
2. Quilled

pennˈer noun (archaic)

A case for carrying pens

penˈ-and-inkˈ noun

1. Writing materials
2. A pen drawing

adjective

1. Writing
2. Written
3. (of a drawing) executed with pen and ink

penˈ-case noun

A receptacle for a pen or pens

penˈcraft noun

1. Penmanship
2. The art of composition

penˈ-driver noun

A clerk

penˈ-feather noun

1. A quill feather
2. A pin feather (dialect)

penˈ-feathered adjective

pen friend or pen pal noun

An otherwise unknown person (usu abroad) with whom one corresponds

penˈ-gun noun (Scot)

A popgun made of a quill

penˈholder noun

A rod on which a nib may be fixed

penˈknife noun

1. Orig a knife for making or mending pens
2. A small pocket knife with folding blade or blades

penˈlight noun

A small pen-shaped electric torch (penlight battery a long, thin battery, as used in a penlight)

penˈman noun

1. (also fem penˈwoman) a person skilled in handwriting
2. A writer or author

penˈmanship noun

pen name noun

A writer's assumed name

penˈ-pusher noun (informal)

A clerk who does boring, routine writing

penˈ-wiper noun

A piece of cloth, leather, etc, for wiping ink from pens

talk like a pen-gun

To chatter volubly

pen² /pen/

1. A small enclosure, esp for animals
2. A cattle farm (W Indies)
3. An estate or plantation (W Indies)
4. Animals kept in, and enough to fill, a pen
5. A dam or weir
6. A covered dock, eg for servicing submarines

1. To put or keep in a pen
2. To confine
3. To dam

penˈfold noun

1. A fold for penning cattle or sheep
2. A pound

submarine pen

A dock for a submarine, esp if protected from attack from above by a deep covering of concrete

pen³ /pen/ (informal)

A short form of penitentiary

pen⁴ /pen/

A female swan

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