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PEN

ABBR คำย่อ ของ International Association of Poets หรือ คำย่อ ของ Playwrights Editors Essayists and Novelists kam-yor-kong

pen

N คอก เล้า บริเวณ ล้อมรั้ว สำหรับ เลี้ยงสัตว์ farmyard chicken coop kok

pen

N นักเขียน nak-kian

pen

N ปากกา pak-ka

pen

N ลีลา การเขียน สำนวน การเขียน le-la-kan-kian

pen

N สถาน ดัดสันดาน (คำ สแลง สถานกักกัน penitentiary sa-tan-dad-san-dan

pen

N หงส์ ตัวเมีย hong-tua-mia

pen

VT เขียน ด้วย ปากกา แต่งหนังสือ compose write indite kian-duai-pak-ka

pen

VT ใส่ คอก ใส่ เล้า confine coop up kennel sai-kok

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEN

n.[L. penna; pinna, a fin, that is, a shoot or point. ] 1. An instrument used for writing, usually made of the quill of some large fowl, but it may be of any other material.
2. A feather, a wing. [Not used. ]

PEN

v.t.pret. and pp. penned. To write; to compose and commit to paper.

PEN

n.A small inclosure for beasts, as for cows or sheep.

PEN

v.t.pret. and pp. penned or pent. To shut in a pen; to confine in a small inclosure; to coop; to confine in a narrow place, usually followed by up, which is redundant.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEN

Pen, n. Etym: [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna. ]

1. A feather. [Obs. ] Spenser.

2. A wing. [Obs. ] Milton.

3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving. Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. Job xix. 24.

4. Fig. : A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens. " Fuller.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The internal shell of a squid.

6. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A female swan. [Prov. Eng. ] Bow pen. See Bow-pen. -- Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines. -- Drawing, or Ruling, pen, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. -- Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See under Fountain, and Geometric. -- Music pen, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. -- Pen and ink, or pen-and-ink, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. -- Pen feather. A pin feather. [Obs. ] -- Pen name. See under Name. -- Sea pen (Zoöl.), a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen. ]

PEN

Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned; p. pr. & vb. n. Penning. ]

Defn: To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. "A prayer elaborately penned. " Milton.

PEN

Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned or Pent (p. pr. & vb. n. Penning. ]Etym: [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg. See Pin, n. & v.]

Defn: To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. "Away with her, and pen her up. " Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. Milton.

PEN

Pen, n. Etym: [From Pen to shut in. ]

Defn: A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. My father stole two geese out of a pen. Shak.

New American Oxford Dictionary

PEN

PEN ▶abbreviation International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.

pen

pen 1 |pen pɛn | ▶noun 1 an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder. • (the pen ) the occupation or practice of writing: she was forced to support herself not only by the pen, but as a secret agent. • an electronic penlike device used in conjunction with a writing surface to enter commands or data into a computer. 2 Zoology the tapering cartilaginous internal shell of a squid. ▶verb ( pens, penning , penned ) [ with obj. ] write or compose: he had not penned a line to Lizzie in three years. PHRASES the pen is mightier than the sword proverb writing is more effective than military power or violence. put (or set ) pen to paper write or begin to write something. ORIGIN Middle English (originally denoting a feather with a sharpened quill ): from Old French penne, from Latin penna ‘feather ’ (in late Latin ‘pen ’).

pen

pen 2 |pɛn pen | ▶noun a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, cattle, or other domestic animals are kept. • a number of animals in or sufficient to fill such an enclosure: a pen of young horses. • any small enclosure in which someone or something can be confined. • a covered dock for a submarine or other warship. ▶verb ( pens, penning , penned ) [ with obj. ] put or keep (an animal ) in a pen: it was the practice to pen the sheep for clipping. • (pen someone up /in ) confine someone in a restricted space: they had been penned up day and night in the house. ORIGIN Old English penn, of unknown origin.

pen

pen 3 |pɛn pen | ▶noun a female swan. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

pen

pen 4 |pɛn pen | ▶noun informal short for penitentiary ( sense 1 ).

Oxford Dictionary

PEN

PEN ▶abbreviation International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.

pen

pen 1 |pɛn | ▶noun 1 an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder. • (the pen ) the occupation of writing: she was forced to support herself by the pen. • an electronic pen-like device used in conjunction with a writing surface to enter commands or data into a computer. 2 Zoology the tapering cartilaginous internal shell of a squid. ▶verb ( pens, penning, penned ) [ with obj. ] write or compose: Olivia penned award-winning poetry. PHRASES pen and ink Brit. rhyming slang a stink. the pen is mightier than the sword proverb writing is more effective than military power or violence. put (or set ) pen to paper write or begin to write something. ORIGIN Middle English (originally denoting a feather with a sharpened quill ): from Old French penne, from Latin penna ‘feather ’ (in late Latin ‘pen ’).

pen

pen 2 |pɛn | ▶noun 1 a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept. • a number of animals in or sufficient to fill a pen: a pen of twenty-five Cheviots. • any small enclosure in which someone or something can be confined. • a covered dock for a submarine or other warship. 2 (in the West Indies ) a farm or plantation. ▶verb ( pens, penning, penned ) [ with obj. ] put or keep (an animal ) in a pen. • (pen someone up /in ) confine someone in a restricted space: they had been penned up day and night in the house. ORIGIN Old English penn, of unknown origin.

pen

pen 3 |pɛn | ▶noun a female swan. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

pen

pen 4 |pɛn | ▶noun N. Amer. informal short for penitentiary ( sense 1 ).

American Oxford Thesaurus

pen

pen 1 noun you'll need a pen and paper: ballpoint (pen ), fountain pen, rollerball; felt tip (pen ); highlighter, marker (pen ).▶verb she penned a number of articles: write, compose, draft, dash off; write down, jot down, set down, take down, scribble.

pen

pen 2 noun a sheep pen: enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pound, compound, stockade; sty, coop, corral. ▶verb the hostages had been penned up in a basement: confine, coop (up ), cage, shut in, box up /in, lock up /in, trap, imprison, incarcerate, immure.

Oxford Thesaurus

pen

pen 1 verb he penned a great number of articles: write, write down, jot down, note, set down, take down, inscribe, scribble, scrawl, pencil, compose, draft, formulate, draw up, dash off, put in writing, put down on paper, commit to paper, put in black and white.

pen

pen 2 noun the sheep in the pen behind the barn: enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pound, compound, paddock, stockade, sty, coop, cage, stall, lock-up; N. Amer. corral; Scottish parrock; S. African kraal; in S. America potrero. ▶verb you should ask the owners to pen up their dogs | the use of interlocking metal barricades to pen protesters in : confine, enclose, impound, shut in, fence in; hurdle, rail in, coop (up ), immure, mew up, box up /in, lock up /in, cage, imprison, intern, hold captive, incarcerate; encircle, surround, ring, encompass, hem in, close in, hedge in, trap; N. Amer. corral.

Sanseido Dictionary

PEN

PEN ペン〖 International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists 〗 →国際（こくさい）ペンクラブ

PEN

PEN 〖 Penang 〗ペナン（マレーシア）。空港コードの一。

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

PEN

PEN P.E.N./pen /〖International Association of P oets, P laywrights, E ditors, E ssayists and N ovelists 〗名詞国際ペンクラブ .

pen

pen 1 /pen /〖語源は「羽」〗名詞複～s /-z /C 1 (インクを使う )ペン , 筆 ▸ Let me borrow your pen .ペンを貸してくれ ▸ write with a pen [in pen ]ペンで書く (!inの場合は無冠詞 ) ▸ a quill pen 羽ペン ▸ a stroke of a pen ひと筆, 筆使い ▸ a slip of the pen 書き間違い ▸ a ballpoint pen ボールペン ▸ a fountain pen 万年筆 ▸ a marker pen マーカー 2 〖the ～〗文章 (を書くこと ); 文体 ; 文筆業 ▸ rely on the pen 文筆業に頼る ; 筆で食べる ▸ They feared his acid pen in the journal .その雑誌で彼が辛辣（しんらつ）な文を書くことを彼らは恐れていた ▸ a poison (-)pen letter 誹謗（ひぼう）中傷の手紙 ▸ The pen is mightier than the sword .｟ことわざ｠ペンは剣よりも強し, 文は武よりも強し p è n and í nk ＝stink (→rhyming slang ).p ù t [s è t ] p é n to p á per 文章を書き始める .動詞～s ; ～ned ; ～ning 他動詞｟かたく｠〈文章作品〉を (ペンで )書く .～́ comp ù ter ペンコンピュータ〘電子ペンを用いて手書入力する〙.～́ h ò lder ペン立て .～́ n à me ペンネーム, 筆名 .～́ p à l ｟米｠[fr ì end ｟英｠]ペンパル, 文通友達 .

pen

pen 2 名詞 C 1 (家畜を入れる )おり, 囲い (enclosure )▸ a sheep pen ヒツジ小屋 2 ＝playpen .3 ＝bullpen 3 .4 潜水艦修理用ドック .5 (ジャマイカの )農場 .動詞～s ; ～ned, ～t /pent /; ～ning 他動詞〖通例be ～ned 〗1 〈動物人などが〉狭い場所 [おり ]に閉じ込められる (up ).2 «…を » 制限される «in » .

pen

pen 3 名詞｟米くだけて｠＝penitentiary 1 .

pen

pen 4 名詞 C 〘鳥〙雌の白鳥 (↔cob ).

Pen

Pen .pen .peninsula .