English to English
pin
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noun (n)
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.artifact)source: wordnet30
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- to hold fast or prevent from moving(verb.contact)Example:
The child was pinned under the fallen tree.
source: wordnet30 - attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins(verb.contact)Example:
Pin the needle to the shirt.
Pin the blame on the innocent man.
source: wordnet30 - pierce with a pin(verb.contact)Example:
Pin down the butterfly.
source: wordnet30 - immobilize a piece(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- To peen.(verb)source: webster1913
- To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.(verb)source: webster1913
- To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.(verb)source: webster1913