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    [Verb]  | "pen" | \ ˈpen \


    1: to shut in or as if in a pen


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English pennen, from Old English -pennian;

    [Verb]  | "pen" 


    1: write, indite


    Origin: 1530 ;

    [Noun]  | "pen" 


    1: a small enclosure for animals

    2: the animals in a pen

    3: a small place of confinement or storage


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, perhaps from pennen;

    [Noun]  | "pen" 


    1: an implement for writing or drawing with ink or a similar fluid: such as

    2: quill

    3: pen point


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English penne, from Anglo-French, feather, pen, from Latin penna, pinna feather; akin to Greek pteron wing {mat|feather|};

    [Noun]  | "pen" 


    1: a female swan


    Origin: circa 1550 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Noun]  | "pen" 


    1: penitentiary


    Origin: 1881 ;

    [Noun]  | "pen name" 


    1: an author's pseudonym


    Origin: circa 1864 ;

    [Noun]  | "pen pal" 


    1: a friend made and kept through correspondence


    Origin: 1925 ;

    [Abbreviation]  | "pen" 


    1: peninsula

    [Abbreviation]  | "PEN" 


    1: International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists

    [Noun]  | "pen" 


    1: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody;


      * e.g., " ... earned six years in a federal pen "



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    [Noun]  | "pen" 


    1: an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals;


      * e.g., " ... a goat pen "



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    [Noun]  | "pen" 


    1: a person who creates a written work;


      * e.g., " ... Alexander Hamilton is reckoned to be the pseudonymous pen behind two thirds of the Federalist Papers "





    [Noun]  | "pen name" 


    1: as in nom de plume;


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    [Noun]  | "pen names" 


    1: as in noms de plume;


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    [Verb]  | "pen" 


    1: to close or shut in by or as if by barriers;


      * e.g., " ... remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over "



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    [Verb]  | "pen" 


    1: to compose and set down on paper the words of;


      * e.g., " ... though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era "



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     [ "pen" ]

    1: The only weapon on Earth mightier than the sword.

     [ "pen" ]

    1: pen is a abbreviation of Penitentiary ,

      * e.g.,  ... i aint goin back to da pen 


     [ "pen" ]

    2: the Penitentiary is a prison , jail

      * e.g.,  ... im not going back to prison 

     [ "pen" ]

    1: jail

      * e.g.,  ... yo homie yo goin to the pen fool 

     [ "pen" ]

    1: A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is the legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.

      * e.g.,  ... What can we do when we're arrested, but open fire 

     [ "pen" ]

    1: Noun: A small, hollow, ink filled object which disperses said ink onto various writing mediums, like paper, cocktail napkins, or anything suitably porous.

      * e.g.,  ... Hand me that pen, I need to jot down a phone number. 

     [ "pen" ]

    1: Sometimes pens are used to transport small quantities of drugs.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, Puggy, can you get me a pen? 


     [ "pen" ]

    2: The ink cartridge is removed, sometimes the well (the part which the cartridge fits into the stylis) is taped over, and powdered substances are packed into the pen.


     [ "pen" ]

    3: I have heard once "pen" being used in slang for drugs when a dealer packages this way.

     [ "pen" ]

    1: As in THE Pen, penitentiary, a prison for those convicted of major crimes

      * e.g.,  ... Brian got locked up in the pen. 

     [ "pen" ]

    1: a writing implement of awesomeness

      * e.g.,  ... "I found a pen." 

     [ "pen" ]

    1: It originated from the name of the male reproductive organ. It is the same shape and in some cases it is probably the size of yours if you are a guy reading this. Don't get fooled by pen and penis. Don't forget to put a space after pen when it is followed by the verb is, otherwise you would have spelt penis. See exemple below.

      * e.g.,  ... That pen is miniscular. 

     [ "pen" ]

    1: a writing tool you use to take notes on anything you need to write down

      * e.g.,  ... i used a pen last week at school 

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