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pen
has definitions from the fields of zoology,law,writing
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[ noun ] a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)He took the pen in his stumps and began to write . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)Could he have pen and paper , please ? (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Once her trembling hand , with the pen grasped tight in it , was pressed against the paper the words came sharply , smoothly , as authoritatively as they would dropping from her own lips . `` Please come_down as_soon_as you conveniently can '' , the upright letters stalked from the broad nibbed pen , `` I have an important matter to discuss with you '' . In the stiff neutral lines of the telephone_poles he saw the no-nonsense pen strokes of Aunt_Jessica 's letter . Related terms writing_implement quill ballpoint fountain_pen Magic_Marker felt-tip_pen point pen_nib write |
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[ verb ] (writing) produce a literary work
Examples "She composed a poem" "He wrote four novels" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)His letter to his daughter on the pains of growing_up is surely as trenchant , forthright , and warmly understanding a_piece of advice as ever a grown-up penned to a sensitive child , and with just the right tone of unpatronizing good_humor . (The Wall Street Journal,...)A veteran diplomat with an extraordinary knowledge of Russian language , history and literature , Kennan recalls how , at_the_time of Hitler 's attack on the Soviet_Union in 1941 , he penned a private note to a State_Department official , expressing the hope that `` never would we associate ourselves with Russian purposes in the areas of eastern Europe beyond her own boundaries '' . (Richard B. Morris, "Seven Who Set Our Destiny"...)In his political testament , `` Advice to My Country '' , penned just before his death , Madison expressed the wish `` that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated . |
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[ noun ] (law) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25244
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[ noun ] (zoology) female swan
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