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 [syn: playpen]

4 a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes [syn: penitentiary]

5 female swan v : produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, indite] [also: pent, penning, penned]penned adj : enclosed by a confining fence [syn: confined, fenced in]penned See pen

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: pend

Verb

penned

1. past of pen

autograph, autographic, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, cabined, caged, calligraphic, chirographic, cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, cursive, enclosed, engrossed, fenced, flowing, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric, hedged, hemmed, holograph, holographic, immured, imprisoned, in longhand, in shorthand, in writing, incarcerated, inscribed, italic, italicized, jailed, leaguered, longhand, manuscript, mewed, on paper, paled, penciled, pent-up, printed, quarantined, railed, restrained, running, scriptorial, scriptural, shorthand, shut-in, stylographic, walled, walled-in, written