Below, we have different definitions or meanings of the word pen. These different definitions are grouped based on the different parts of speech. You will also find examples for every definition if available
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /pɛn/
US:
An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
There are two steers in the third pen.
A prison cell.
They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.
The bullpen.
Two righties are up in the pen.
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /pɛn/
US:
To enclose in a pen.
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /pɛn/
US:
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
He took notes with a pen.
A writer, or his style.
He has a sharp pen.
Marks of ink left by a pen.
He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.
A light pen.
The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
A wing.
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /pɛn/
US:
To write (an article, a book, etc.).
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /pɛn/
US:
A female swan.
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /pɛn/
US:
Penalty.
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