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pen - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pen [ n.]
- A feather.
- A wing.
- An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.
- Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
- The internal shell of a squid.
- A female swan.
- A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
2 . Pen [ n. & v.]
- To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.
3 . Pen [ v. t.]
- To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

Meaning of 'pen' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pen [ v]
Meaning (1):
- produce a literary work
Example in sentence:
  • He wrote four novels;
  • She composed a poem