PEN (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP/IN

Meaning of PEN (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP/IN in English

pen somebody/something ↔ up/in phrasal verb ( see also ↑ pen )

1 . to shut an animal in a small enclosed area

2 . be penned up/in to be restricted or forced to remain in a small place:

Norma felt restless and penned in.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — alcun, alqui; (acc.) alquem
English interlingue dictionary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — I. ˈsəmˌbädē, -(ˌ)bədē, -di pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum body, from sum, som some + body : one or some …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEN — pen 1 — penlike , adj. — penner , n. /pen/ , n. , v. , penned, penning . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — I. ˈsəm-(ˌ)bə-dē, -ˌbä- pronoun Date: 14th century : one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity somebody will come …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEN — I. ˈpen transitive verb ( penned ; pen·ning ) Etymology: Middle English pennen, from Old English -pennian Date: 13th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SOMEBODY — noun a person of consideration or importance. 2. somebody ·noun a person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
Webster English vocab
PEN — noun a female swan. 2. pen ·noun a wing. 3. pen ·noun the internal shell of a squid. 4. pen …
Webster English vocab
SOMEBODY — [some.body] pron (14c): one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity "~ will come in" [2]somebody n (ca. 1566): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEN — tool for writing or drawing with a coloured fluid, such as ink. The earliest ancestor of the pen probably was …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — somebody BrE AmE ˈsʌm bəd i -ˌbɒd- -ˌbɑːd- —There is also a casual form ˈsʌm di
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PEN — pen BrE AmE pen ▷ penned pend (= pend) ▷ penning ˈpen ɪŋ ▷ pens penz ▶ ˈ pen friend …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — / ˈsʌmbədi; NAmE / pronoun = someone : Somebody should have told me. She thinks she's really somebody in that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEN — / pen; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. (often in compounds) an instrument made of plastic or metal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEBODY — I. some ‧ bod ‧ y 1 S1 W3 /ˈsʌmbɒdi, -bədi $ -bɑːdi, -bədi/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEN — I. pen 1 S2 /pen/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1,3: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: penne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. --pron. some person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEN — n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, orig. consisting of a shaft with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. pron. some person. n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEN — n. & v. n. 1 an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, orig. consisting of a shaft with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. --pron. some person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Oxford English vocab
PEN — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, orig. consisting of a shaft with …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Somebody means the same as someone . …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEN — ( pens, penning, penned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A pen …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Somebody means the same as someone . …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A white person was by definition somebody . ▪ Which just goes to prove, you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bottle top/pen top etc ▪ Has anyone seen my pen top? bull pen felt-tip …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — n. Function: pronoun one or some individual of no certain or known identity FF1C; somebody should be home FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEBODY — I. pronoun one or some individual of no certain or known identity somebody should be home Synonyms: someone Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEN — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ballpoint , feather ( AmE ), felt , felt-tip , felt-tipped , fountain , gel , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SOMEBODY — n. 25B6; noun she wanted to be a somebody : IMPORTANT PERSON, VIP, public figure, notable, dignitary, worthy; someone, (big/household) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEN — n. 25B6; noun you'll need a pen and paper : fountain pen, ballpoint (pen), rollerball; fibre tip (pen), felt tip …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — pron. 1 one, someone, some person There must be somebody who will take you to the dance n. 2 personage, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEBODY — pronoun BAD : She hadn't seen somebody for over a week. GOOD : She hadn't seen anybody for over a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEBODY — 1. мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Somebody is knocking at the door. ≈ Кто-то стучит в дверь. Syn : anybody, someone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEN — I 1. сущ. 1) а) перо (писчее); ручка с пером I am writing with the gold pen he gave me. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMEBODY — somebody.ogg 1. ʹsʌmbədı n 1. часто ирон. человек с положением, важная персона, «шишка» he's (a) somebody - а) он влиятельный …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PEN — 1) перо; пишущий элемент 2) (пишущая) ручка 3) рейсфедер 4) перемычка 5) укрытие • - ball-point pen - beam pen …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PEN — 1) перо; пишущий элемент 2) (пишущая) ручка 3) рейсфедер 4) перемычка 5) укрытие • - ball-point pen - beam pen - bow pen - brush pen - capillary-flow pen - coding …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PEN — 1) закуток 2) перо 3) рейсфедер 4) ручка • - ball pen - drawing pen - felt-tip pen - light pen - pen recorder - ruling pen
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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