noun Download 🔗Share An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. Examples : "There are two steers in the third pen." animal agriculture property Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A prison cell. Examples : "They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again." property building police law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The bullpen. Examples : "Two righties are up in the pen." sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enclose in a pen. Examples : "The farmer pens the sheep every evening to protect them from predators. " property agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks. Examples : "He took notes with a pen." stationery utensil writing item thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A writer, or his style. Examples : "He has a sharp pen." style literature writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Marks of ink left by a pen. Examples : "The student's messy notebook was filled with pens, doodles, and corrections. " stationery writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A light pen. Examples : "The engineer used a light pen to draw the circuit diagram on the tablet. " stationery writing item utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen. Examples : "The beachcomber carefully collected the translucent pens of dead squid, admiring their delicate, quill-like shapes. " animal anatomy biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc. Examples : "The artist carefully selected several pens shed by the peacock for her intricate feather art. " bird animal part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A wing. Examples : "The injured bird couldn't fly because its pens were broken. " anatomy bird part animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To write (an article, a book, etc.). Examples : "She pens a daily blog post about her experiences as a new teacher. " writing literature communication language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A female swan. Examples : "During the springtime, the cob (male swan) stayed close to his pens guarding their nest. " animal bird nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Penalty. Examples : ""The referee called three pens on our team during the basketball game." " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d. Examples : ""Back in the day, sweets only cost a few pens." " value economy finance history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p. Examples : ""The shop assistant gave me 3 pens in change from my pound." " value economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. Examples : "Back in the 1990s, sweets in Ireland often cost only a few pens. " history economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢. Examples : ""I found three pens on the sidewalk, but they're not worth much these days." " value economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin. Examples : ""He paid for the newspaper with a few pens and some larger coins." " value item finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d. Examples : "Since we need to buy a lot of nails for the fence, let's get 10 pens; that's 1000 nails costing 10 cents each. " business commerce number unit economy value Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Money in general. Examples : "to turn an honest penny" economy finance business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading