Pen

English Meaning

A feather.

1. An instrument for writing or drawing with ink or similar fluid, especially:
2. A ballpoint pen.
3. A fountain pen.
4. A pen point.
5. A penholder and its pen point.
6. A quill.
7. An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression: "Tyranny has no enemy so formidable as the pen” ( William Cobbett).
8. A writer or an author: a hired pen.
9. A style of writing: wrote plays with a witty pen.
10. Pinions.
11. The chitinous internal shell of a squid.
12. To write or compose with or as if with a pen.
13. A fenced enclosure for animals.
14. The animals kept in such an enclosure.
15. Any of various enclosures, such as a bullpen or playpen, used for a variety of purposes.
16. A repair dock for submarines.
17. To confine in or as if in a pen. See Synonyms at enclose.
18. A female swan.
19. Informal A penitentiary; a prison.