PEN


Meaning of PEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pen ]

( pens, penning, penned)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A pen is a long thin object which you use to write in ink.

ballpoint pen: see ballpoint

felt-tip pen: see felt-tip

N-COUNT

see also fountain pen

2.

If someone pens a letter, article, or book, they write it. ( FORMAL )

She penned a short memo to his private secretary.

VERB : V n to n , also V n n

3.

A pen is also a small area with a fence round it in which farm animals are kept for a short time.

...a holding pen for sheep...

= enclosure

N-COUNT

see also playpen

4.

If people or animals are penned somewhere or are penned up , they are forced to remain in a very small area.

...to drive the cattle back to the house so they could be milked and penned for the night...

I don’t have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , V-ed up

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