shut up in a pen

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• Pen — Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pen — Pen, n. [From {Pen} to shut in.] A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. [1913 Webster] My father stole two geese out of a pen. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pen — [n1] enclosure cage, coop, corral, fence, fold, hedge, hutch, jail, penitentiary, prison, sty, wall*; concepts 439,443 Ant. open space pen [n2] writing instrument ball point, felt tip, fountain pen, marker, nib, quill, reed, stick, stylograph;… …   New thesaurus

• pen*/*/ — [pen] noun [C] I 1) an object that you use for writing or drawing with ink a felt tip pen[/ex] 2) a small area with a fence around it, used for keeping animals in II verb [T] pen [pen] 1) mainly journalism to write something 2) to shut an animal… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• shut in — shut the goats in for the night Syn: confine, enclose, impound, shut up, pen (in/up), fence in, immure, lock up/in, cage, imprison, intern, incarcerate, corral …   Thesaurus of popular words

• shut up — Synonyms and related words: anchoritic, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, be mute, be silent, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, button, button up, cage,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pen — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, amanuensis, arable land, arena, artistry, authorcraft, authorship, automatic writing, barnyard, barton, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, black hole, blockade, borstal, borstal institution, bottle up,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• shut in — Synonyms and related words: Diogenes, Hieronymian, Hieronymite, Timon of Athens, anchoress, anchorite, anchoritic, apoplectic, arthritic, ascetic, barred, bedridden invalid, beleaguer, beleaguered, beset, besiege, besieged, blockade, blockaded,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• shut — v 1. close, close up, close off, seal, seal up, seal off, occlude, obturate; lock, padlock, bolt, latch. 2. block, obstruct, occlude, barricade, blockade, stand in the way; stop, stay, arrest; clog, choke, congest, jam; impede, hinder, get in the …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• pen — pen1 [ pen ] noun ** 1. ) count an object that you use for writing or drawing with ink: Do you have a pen and paper? a ) count an electronic object similar to a pen that you can use with a computer b ) uncount ink from a pen: It was written in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pen — I UK [pen] / US noun Word forms pen : singular pen plural pens ** 1) [countable] an object that you use for writing or drawing with ink Have you got a pen and paper? a) [uncountable] ink from a pen It was written in black pen. b) [countable] an… …   English dictionary