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Pen Ink Write Noun Grab Paper Written Red

Word3 pen
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /pen/ /pen/
Example
  • an ink pen
  • let me grab a pen.
  • to use pen and paper
  • pen and ink
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pen

(noun)/pen/ /pen/
  1. an instrument made of plastic or metal used for writing with ink (= coloured liquid for writing, etc.)
    • SEE ALSO ballpoint pen
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ballpoint#ballpoint_vg_1
    • an ink pen
    • Let me grab a pen.
    • to use pen and paper
    • pen and ink
    • a message written in red pen (= using a red pen)
    • a new book from the pen of (= written by) Zadie Smith

    Extra Examples

    • His pen was poised, ready to sign his name.
    • I grabbed a pen and began taking notes.
    • My pen's run out.
    • The President has yet to wield his veto pen to block a bill.
    • This pen won't write.
    • pen and ink drawings
  2. a small piece of land surrounded by a fence in which farm animals are kept
    • a sheep pen
  3. a penitentiary (= a prison)
  4. people who write books, poems, etc. have a greater effect on history and human affairs than soldiers and wars
  5. to write or start to write something
  6. a small mistake in something that you write or say
    • Sorry, it was a slip of the pen—I meant to write ‘pheasants’, not ‘peasants’.

    Word Origin

    • noun sense 1 Middle English (originally denoting a feather with a sharpened quill): from Old French penne, from Latin penna ‘feather’ (in late Latin ‘pen’). noun sense 2 Old English penn, of unknown origin.
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