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