Definition of Pen

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Definition of Pen

Pen

A feather.

A wing.

An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.

Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

The internal shell of a squid.

A female swan.

To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.

A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

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Pen Quotations

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
Walt Disney

I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.
Mitch Hedberg

Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.
Mitch Hedberg

To hold a pen is to be at war.
Voltaire

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
Jane Austen

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
Ambrose Bierce

To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
Quentin Tarantino

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
Maimonides

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.
James Joyce

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
Marty Feldman

Pen Translations

pen in Afrikaans is veer
pen in Dutch is hok
pen in French is plume
pen in Italian is penna stilografica, penna
pen in Latin is claustrum
pen in Norwegian is penn
pen in Portuguese is pena
pen in Spanish is pluma
pen in Swedish is penna

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