 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pen
noun
1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2: an enclosure for confining livestock
3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
[syn: {playpen}]
4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major
crimes [syn: {penitentiary}]
5: female swan
verb: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: {write}, {compose}, {indite}]
[also: {pent}, {penning}, {penned}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pent
adjective: closely confined [syn: {shut up(p)}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pent
See {pen}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pen \Pen\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to
unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig.
meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, noun & 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. ''Away with her, and pen her up.'' --Shak.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.
--Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pent \Pent\, p. p. or a. [From {Pen}, verb (used with an object)]
Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
Here in the body pent. --J.
Montgomery.
No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M.
Sewall.
|
