pin
Other forms: pinned; pins; pinning
A pin is a small, sharp device that's made for attaching and holding things together. When you sew a shirt, you first have to pin the paper pattern to the fabric with pins.
Pins used for tacking paper to a bulletin board are made of sharp metal. A piece of jewelry that fastens to your shirt is also a pin. There are numerous other pins, from the pegs a guitar's strings are attached to; to the wooden pins you try to knock down when you're bowling; to the pins that hold your hairdo in place. And when you pin, you secure with a pin, or you hold someone down while wrestling.
Definitions of pin
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a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach thingstypes:barrettea small clip or pin for holding hair in placebitt pina pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping offhairpina double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in placehatpina long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hairrivetheavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened togethersafety pina pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the userskewera long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roastedstraight pinpin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper togetherbobby pin, grip, hairgripa flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in placebodkinformerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental headspita skewer for holding meat over a firetent pega peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent
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small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
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flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf greensynonyms: flagtype of:golf equipmentsports equipment used in playing golf
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a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garmenttypes:scatter pinsmall pin usually worn in groups of two or morestickpina decorative pin that is worn in a necktiesunbursta jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun
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attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins
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pierce with a pin
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immobilize a piece
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to hold fast or prevent from moving“The child was pinned under the fallen tree”synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, trap
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when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
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axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
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a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrownsynonyms: pin tumblertype of:tumblera movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
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informal terms for the leg
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a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the targetsynonyms: bowling pintypes:candlepina bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpinduckpina bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpinninepin, skittle, skittle pina bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittlestenpinone of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowlingtype of:bowling equipmentequipment used in bowling
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