Pin

[pɪn]

Definition

(noun.) a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things.

(noun.) a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.

(noun.) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green.

(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.

(noun.) informal terms for the leg; 'fever left him weak on his sticks'.

(verb.) immobilize a piece.

(verb.) attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; 'pin the needle to the shirt'. 'pin the blame on the innocent man'.

(verb.) pierce with a pin; 'pin down the butterfly'.

Checker: Nellie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To peen.

(v. t.) To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

(n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

(n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

(n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

(n.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use

(n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

(n.) A linchpin.

(n.) A rolling-pin.

(n.) A clothespin.

(n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

(n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.

(n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

(n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

(n.) Mood; humor.

(n.) Caligo. See Caligo.

(n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

(n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

(n.) To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Edited by ELLA

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Peg, BOLT.[2]. Straw (as something of no value), fig, button, rush, feather, farthing, brass farthing.

v. a. [1]. Fasten with a pin.[2]. Fasten, fix, make fast.

Inputed by Kirsten

Definition

n. an induration of the membranes of the eye cataract.

n. a piece of wood or of metal used for fastening things together: a peg or nail: a sharp-pointed piece of wire with a rounded head for fastening clothes: anything that holds parts together: a piece of wood set up on end to be knocked down by a bowl as in skittles: a peg used in musical instruments for fastening the strings: anything of little value.—v.t. to fasten with a pin: to fasten: to enclose: to seize and hold fast:—pr.p. pin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. pinned.—ns. Pin′-butt′ock (Shak.) a sharp pointed buttock; Pin′case Pin′cushion a case or cushion for holding pins; Pin′-feath′er a small or short feather.—adj. Pin′-feath′ered.—ns. Pin′-hold a place where a pin is fixed; Pin′-hole a hole made by a pin: a very small opening; Pin′-mon′ey money allowed to a wife by her husband for private expenses originally to buy pins; Pin′ner one who pins or fastens: a pin-maker: a pinafore: a head-dress with a lappet flying loose; Pin′-point the point of a pin: a trifle; Pin′tail a genus of ducks one handsome species of which is a winter visitor to many parts of the British coast.—adj. Pin′tailed having a long narrow tail.—n. Pin′-wheel a contrate wheel in which the cogs are pins set into the disc: a form of firework constructed to revolve rapidly while burning.—v.t. Pin′work to work flax-yarn on a wooden pin so as to make it more supple for ease in packing.—Pin-fire cartridge a cartridge for breech-loading guns; Pins and needles a feeling as of pricking under the skin formication.—In merry pin in a merry humour; On one's pins on one's legs: in good condition.

Checked by Janice

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of pins, augurs differences and quarrels ill families. To a young woman, they warn her of unladylike conduct towards her lover. To dream of swallowing a pin, denotes that accidents will force you into perilous conditions. To lose one, implies a petty loss or disagreement. To see a bent or rusty pin, signifies that you will lose esteem because of your careless ways. To stick one into your flesh, denotes that some person will irritate you.

Editor: Robert

Unserious Contents or Definition

The best dresser in a woman's acquaintance—of remarkable penetration and true as steel, seldom loses its head, follows its own bent and carries its point in whatever it undertakes.

Typist: Pansy

Examples

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