pen

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pen

1	n v	a writing implement with a point from which ink flows produce a literary work
2	n	an enclosure for confining livestock
3	n	female swan
4	n	a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pen

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; Biro, ballpen, ballpoint, ballpoint pen
a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper; Magic Marker, felt tip, felt-tip pen, felt-tipped pen
a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker); fountain pen
a pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel; quill, quill pen
pen made from a bird's feather; Sharpie
a pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface

Types:: show 25 types...; hide 25 types...; draw
write a legal document or paper; lyric
write lyrics for (a song); write about, write of, write on
write about a particular topic; profile
write about; paragraph
write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher; paragraph
write about in a paragraph; write off
write something fluently, and without hesitation; dash off, fling off, knock off, scratch off, toss off
write quickly; rewrite
rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; write copy
write for commercial publications; adopt, dramatise, dramatize
put into dramatic form; draft, outline
draw up an outline or sketch for something; poetise, poetize, verse, versify
compose verses or put into verse; author
be the author of; annotate, footnote
add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; cite, reference
refer to; write out, write up
put into writing; write in complete form; script
write a script for; relyric
write new lyrics for (a song); metrify
compose in poetic meter; spondaise, spondaize
make spondaic; elegise, elegize
compose an elegy; sonnet
compose a sonnet; co-author
be a co-author on (a book, a paper); ghost, ghostwrite
write for someone else

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; cattle pen, corral, cow pen
a pen for cattle; creep
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot; fold, sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold
a pen for sheep; holding paddock, holding pen, holding yard
a pen where livestock is temporarily confined; kraal
a pen for livestock in southern Africa; paddock
pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race; pinfold
a pen where stray animals are confined; rodeo
an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up; pigpen, pigsty, sty
a pen for swine

Type of:: enclosure
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

Type of:: enclosure
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

Type of:: swan
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

Type of:: correctional institution
a penal institution maintained by the government

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