pen

  1. Noun.  An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
  2. Noun.  A place to confine a person; a prison cell.
  3. Noun.  (baseball) The bullpen.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To enclose in a pen.
  5. Noun.  A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
  6. Noun.  (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
  7. Noun.  (context, now) A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).
  9. Noun.  A female swan.
  10. Noun.  penalty.

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