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pin
(p/I/n )

noun (n)

  • a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    fall
    source: wordnet30
  • small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    peg
    source: wordnet30
  • a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    personal identification number, pin number
    source: wordnet30
  • informal terms for the leg(noun.body)
    Synonym:
    peg, stick
    source: wordnet30
  • axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    pivot
    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)
    Synonym:
    pin tumbler
    source: wordnet30
  • flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    flag
    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 holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    oarlock, peg, rowlock, thole, tholepin
    source: wordnet30
  • a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    bowling pin
    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.
    Synonym:
    immobilise, immobilize, trap
    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.
    Antonym:
    unpin
    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

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