pin has definitions from the fields of anatomy,sport,zoology,nautical,golf,chess,games
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[ verb ] attach with or as if with a pin

Synonyms

pin_up pin_down

Examples

"pin up a picture"

Used in print

(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)

Muller , nakedly exposed at the bright window like a deer pinned in a car 's headlights , threw down the rifle and turned to jump from the table ; his face wore a look of outrage .

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Kneeling , Cobb planted a sturdy knee in the small of his back , holding him pinned .

Related terms

attach

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[ verb ] to hold fast or prevent from moving

Examples

"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

The Koreans fell_back , but regrouped at the top of the hill and pinned down the cavalrymen with a screen of fire .

Because of this diversionary_attack the main group that had been pinned down on the hill was able to surge forward again .

Related terms

immobilisation

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[ verb ] attach or fasten with pins

Used in print

(McCall's Needlework and Crafts, Spring-Summer,...)

Pin right sides of pieces together , keeping edges even and matching rows or patterns .

Related terms

unpin fasten

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[ noun ] a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

Used in print

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

In the vases this spirit may perhaps at_times bore or repel one in its internal self-satisfaction , but the best of the Geometric pins have rightly been considered among the most beautiful ever made in the Greek world .

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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) informal terms of the leg

Synonyms

stick peg

Examples

"fever left him weak on his sticks"

Related terms

leg

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[ noun ] (sport) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

Synonyms

fall

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[ noun ] a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

Related terms

number identification

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[ noun ] small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Synonyms

peg

Related terms

marker peg

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[ verb ] (chess) immobilize a piece, in chess

Related terms

attack chess

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[ noun ] (golf,games) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

Synonyms

flag

Related terms

golf_equipment

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[ noun ] (nautical) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Related terms

holder dinghy

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[ noun ] cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

Related terms

tumbler cylinder_lock

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[ verb ] pierce with a pin

Examples

"pin down the butterfly"

Related terms

transfix skewer

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[ noun ] axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

Synonyms

pivot

Related terms

axis fulcrum pintle pivot

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[ noun ] a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 26170
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[ noun ] (games) a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target

Synonyms

bowling_pin

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