pen meaning

• Noun: pen  pen
  1. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows 
  2. An enclosure for confining livestock 
  3. A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
     - playpen 
  4. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
     - penitentiary 
  5. Female swan
  Verb: pen (penned,penning)  pen
  1. Produce a literary work
     - write, compose, indite [archaic]

  Derived forms: penned, pens, penning

  See also: penning

  Type of: correctional institution, create verbally, enclosure, swan, writing implement

  Encyclopedia: Pen Pen, Pain, & Paper Pen, India

• 
  [American slang]
  n. a penitentiary; prison. (Underworld.)
  • Max got sent to the pen for fifteen years.
  • After a few years in the pen, he began to appreciate freedom.
  
  
• 
  [Architecture]
  1.

  A synonym for room in a four-sided enclosure constructed of logs. Thus, a one-room log cabin is often called a single-pen cabin, and a dogtrot cabin (consisting of two single-room cabins) is often called a double-pen cabin.

  2.

  An enclosure for animals; for example, a pigpen.

• 
  [Finance]
  The ISO 4217 currency code for the Peruvian Nuevo Sol.

• pen in:    1. feel penned in ...
• ballpoint pen:    Noun: ballpoint pe ...
• bull pen:     noun1. A pen for ...

Examples

1. he went back to the table, dipped his pen.
2. he said pen was an abandoned criminal.
3. he had an almost paternal fondness for pen.
4. i have searched high and low for my lost pen.
5. let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.