pen
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3.5
- noun
- /pɛn/
:
corral
- I just went to check his pen and he's not there.
- a holding pen
- placed in a pen
- net pen
But then I came across this enormous pen of chimpanzees.
- But then I came across this enormous pen of chimpanzees.
- So it's just like a little or not so little pen like this.
- And when we got there, the weird thing was all the dogs were looking behind the pen in the woods, not toward the garage.
- We kind of had like a little pen in the garage and I would play with him all day long for weeks.
Examples
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They keep them in a pen near the parking shuttles.
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But then I came across this enormous pen of chimpanzees.
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What about the pen by the phone?
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And when we got there, the weird thing was all the dogs were looking behind the pen in the woods, not toward the garage.
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Put them in the pig pen.
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Get them into their pens!
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I thought Ringo was in the pen.
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When they left at dawn, the dog, whining in his pen, watched them leave.
Fiction book (1992) -
We all moved from the porch to the fowl pen where he kept his peacocks.
Fiction book (1993) -
The farmer moved the goats into a larger pen to give them more space.
Synonyms
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3.4
A small enclosed field where animals such as horses graze or exercise
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2.1
A small fenced area where pigs live
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3.1
A small fenced area where farmers keep animals before moving them
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4.5
A small pen where pigs are kept
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2.1
An enclosure for keeping cattle like cows and bulls
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6.2
A fenced or walled area for keeping sheep
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1.2
A fenced area where a farmer keeps sheep
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1.6
A fenced area where farmers keep cows
A fenced area where pigs are kept
A small fenced area that holds animals like sheep or cattle for a short time
A small fenced area for holding animals briefly to sort or check them
An enclosure where stray animals are kept until their owners get them back
Idioms
To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit
Compounds
- Specialized
A small fenced area that holds animals like sheep or cattle for a short time
A small brown mammal from Malaysia with a bare tail and long stiff hairs at the tip
- UK
A small brown tree shrew from Malaysia with a bare tail fringed by stiff hairs at the tip
A small wireless tool shaped like a pen that moves the computer pointer for drawing and precise work
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Etymology
Pen comes from an old word penn meaning 'enclosed place', and people used it for small areas to keep animals. That's why a pen is a fenced space for livestock.