pencil meaning

Noun: pencil  pensul

1. A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood 
2. Graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
   "the words were scribbled in pencil"; "this artist's favourite medium is pencil" 
3. A figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point 
4. A cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
   "an eyebrow pencil"

Verb: pencil (pencilled,pencilling, or [US] penciled,penciling)  pensul

1. Write, draw, or trace with a pencil
   "he penciled a figure"

Derived forms: penciling, pencilled, pencilling, pencils

See also: pencilled [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: black lead, cosmetic, draw, figure, graphite, plumbago, writing implement

Encyclopedia: Pencil

[Business]
verb (-ll-, AmE -l-)

PHRASAL VERBS

pencil sb/sth in

to write down sb's name or details of an arrangement with them that you know might have to be changed later:

We've pencilled in a meeting for Tuesday afternoon.

The share sale has been pencilled in for April.

See note at ARRANGE

[Engineering]
"An implement for writing or making marks with a solid substance, the three basic kinds are graphite, carbon, and colored."

[Medicine]
n
1 : a small medicated or cosmetic roll or stick for local applications ‹a menthol pencil›
2 : an aggregate of rays of radiation (as light) esp. when diverging from or converging to a point

[Computer]
Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line structures. Sammet 1969, 675.

Examples

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1. she tapped on the table with the pencil.
2. he can't even sharpen a pencil properly.
3. you can erase pencil marks with a rubber.
4. we like the masterly pencil of rembrandt.
5. pencils in the press box flew frantically.